Adaobi’s Newsletter

Confessions of a transplant patient: grateful, but unsatisfied.

Transplantation may have reached its peaked and its time we start looking ahead.

May 4 • Adaobi

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Confessions of a transplant patient: grateful, but unsatisfied.

Transplantation may have reached its peaked and it's time we start looking ahead.

Published on Organs • May 3

March 2026

Why I love movies (and why you should too)

Anyone who knows me knows just how much I love movies.

Mar 5 • Adaobi

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February 2026

How to be more earnestly curious

It is a virtue, or at least it should be

Feb 20 • Adaobi

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July 2024

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 • Adaobi

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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 • Adaobi

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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 • Adaobi

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November 2023

Life

Life lessons I have learned over the last three years

Nov 20, 2023 • Adaobi

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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 • Adaobi

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June 2023

My Regrets

Here is a list of my regrets.

Jun 17, 2023 • Adaobi

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January 2023

Questions: How to be a polymath

Questions I have for polymaths

Jan 22, 2023 • Adaobi

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November 2022

Jargon

Why Jargon is important & other things I am working on

Nov 3, 2022 • Adaobi

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