Slow thinking, in public.https://whynotyou.info/https://whynotyou.info/blog/compounding-attention/https://whynotyou.info/blog/compounding-attention/Compound interest is well understood. Compound attention — the multiplicative effect of recovering minutes from your most-frequent attention sinks — is not.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/decoherence/https://whynotyou.info/blog/decoherence/An unromantic guide to why quantum effects don't survive at human scales — and why that's the most interesting fact in physics, not the least.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/default-mode/https://whynotyou.info/blog/default-mode/A working theory on why the brain's idle chatter consistently overstates threat and understates agency — drawn from neuroscience and a year of contemplative practice.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/gamma-scalping/https://whynotyou.info/blog/gamma-scalping/How market makers earn the carry on volatility, why retail rarely runs the strategy correctly, and what the math actually says about the hedge ratio you should keep.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/neuroplasticity/https://whynotyou.info/blog/neuroplasticity/The pop-science version of neuroplasticity has overpromised. A look at what the research actually supports — and the much smaller, more tractable claim hidden inside.Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/observer-effect/https://whynotyou.info/blog/observer-effect/What the measurement problem in quantum mechanics has — and doesn't have — to teach us about consciousness. A careful reading that resists the temptation to overreach.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/silence-as-signal/https://whynotyou.info/blog/silence-as-signal/Notes on the practice of noticing what the mind goes quiet about — drawn from contemplative traditions and a quant's obsession with information content.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/small-portfolio/https://whynotyou.info/blog/small-portfolio/Why running a deliberately small book of ideas — fewer holdings, fewer commitments, fewer open loops — produces better long-run returns than the diversification orthodoxy.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whynotyou.info/blog/vol-targeting/https://whynotyou.info/blog/vol-targeting/A walk-through of the simplest possible vol-targeted portfolio, the assumptions it secretly makes, and why it still beats most retail allocations on a risk-adjusted basis.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT