Hi!

This year, has been the darkest of my life so far. I lost my job. I lost some dear friends. I lost hope. I herniated my back. I moved back home. In the pursuit of the things I accomplished, I forgot who I was supposed to be.

So I forced myself to think more about what I’m doing here. I started writing my thoughts which felt disgustingly difficult at first. My self-confidence has never been lower, and if I don’t get comfortable with myself again, I will end up falling deeper into the hole I’ve been living in for the past six months.

If I don’t force myself to start a blog, then I never will. Even though I have an ‘about’ page, this is a much more in-depth breakdown of the following.

• Who am I?
• What do I care about?
• What do I want to do with my life?

So, here goes.

• I love statistics, mathematics, represenatation, data and computing (in that order).
• I am (after a long, often confusing, tumultuous and frustrating relationship with what it meant to be one), a proud Canadian. I spent the first seven years of my life in Singapore and had a short stint in India. I lived for a little bit in the United States too.
• I am a cultural Hindu of Indian heritage. I was raised in a fairly orthodox Smārta Brahmin household.
  • I am twice-born.
  • I was raised in a vegetarian household.
  • I don’t consider myself a spiritual person.
• I play ultimate frisbee. I may not be the best at it, but it’s given me so much, such as:
  • how to move on from mistakes quickly
  • weighlifting, cardio and agility training
  • some of my closest friends, no matter where I go
• I love playing around with machine learning models and building things on top of them, and perfecting them.
• I have come to the conclusion that algorithmic bias and AI safety are going to be my life project. I don’t want the issues that we have from our past and present metaphysical condition to carry to the new advancements we bring in pursuit of a better future.
• I am a civic market socialist democrat. I like free-market economics, and I don’t like how we got to this point in the human condition where we allowed ourselves to be exploited more. I’m interested in building a stronger, more united and resilient Canada through welfare state to raise the floor for every Canadian.
• I haven’t made peace with the fact that I want to do it all. Maybe I will get there someday.
• I love trains. I love taking the subway. I love public transit. I love riding my bike wherever it can take me. I despise cars and hate being forced to drive.
• I hate the McMansions that a stereotypical settled-down dream is associated with. I am a YIMBY.