Mr Philomath

Math and Novels with Carlos Kenig

Fields Medal, Jorge Luis Borges, and the Chicago School of Analysis

Jun 7 • Malhar Manek

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April 2026

Reimagining Books

Publishing is being reinvented by people with taste

Apr 1 • Malhar Manek

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January 2026

Questions

Things I want to learn more about

Jan 25 • Malhar Manek

5

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October 2025

Hedge Funds, Venture Capital and Writing with Sebastian Mallaby

The author of More Money Than God and The Power Law

Oct 18, 2025 • Malhar Manek

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September 2025

Physics, Math and Tech with Casey Handmer

An email exchange with the founder of Terraform

Sep 16, 2025 • Malhar Manek

2

August 2025

Food For Thought #1

Writing and deep tech

Aug 30, 2025 • Malhar Manek

3

Last Mover Advantage

From poker to pickpockets

Aug 9, 2025 • Malhar Manek

4

June 2025

Cryptonomicon and the PayPal Mafia

Intellectual fiction that inspired PayPal

Jun 18, 2025 • Malhar Manek

9

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April 2025

Peter Thiel and the Motivation Problem

Why v/s how

Apr 19, 2025 • Malhar Manek

9

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Fiction, Math and Infinite Books with Jim O'Shaughnessy

A chat with perhaps the world's most interesting person

Apr 12, 2025 • Malhar Manek

8

March 2025

Physics, Faraday and GEB with Sidney Nagel

We discuss GEB, physics, Polykarp Kusch and more

Mar 8, 2025 • Malhar Manek

7

February 2025

A Tale of Two Nobels

Kip Thorne and John Jumper

Feb 15, 2025 • Malhar Manek

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