Archive - Adaobi’s Newsletter

How to tell the difference between a good and bad doctor

Unlike other professions, it's hard for the average person to assess if they have a good or bad doctor.

Jul 30, 2024 •

May 2024

What I have learned about science, scientists & other such things

Before I transitioned to science, I had some widely shared (bad) assumptions about what academic science and scientists were like.

May 6, 2024 •

January 2024

How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent

This is a blog post aimed at people who want to do important work or make meaningful contributions to work, but feel they aren’t that smart and don’t…

Jan 28, 2024 •

November 2023

Life lessons I have learned over the last three years

Nov 20, 2023 •

August 2023

How to tell when you are bullshitting yourself

This post is mainly about how to spot bullshitting in yourself (based on personal experience).

Aug 15, 2023 •

June 2023

Here is a list of my regrets.

Jun 17, 2023 •

January 2023

Questions: How to be a polymath

Questions I have for polymaths

Jan 22, 2023 •

November 2022

Why Jargon is important & other things I am working on

Nov 3, 2022 •

June 2022

Will we always have roads?

Jun 19, 2022 •

May 2022

Kidneys Fundamentals II

This is a continuation of my previous post, Kidney Fundamentals.

May 13, 2022 •

April 2022

This is the second post in a series called “Questions” inspired by my first Question post.

Apr 24, 2022 •

Kidneys - Fundamentals

For those that don’t know I have still’s disease and end stage kidney failure, requiring a kidney transplant.

Apr 18, 2022 •

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