I'm Quinn-

I'm a soon-to-be Computer Science graduate with plans to move to Tokyo in the fall of 2026 to work in the global tech scene. I find enjoyment in solving technical problems, developing software with creative elements, and critiquing art and functions of society.

I started this blog as a way to organize my thoughts and to have an outlet for my voice outside of my inner circle. I will likely write about anything I hold strong convictions about, or just anything I find deeply interesting—eventually even some articles about life in Tokyo. Though I will largely attempt to focus on subjects where my experience is specifically relevant or my opinion is particularly unique.

As a basic intro to some of my convictions, I greatly believe in the power of modern technology. The internet as we know it today has evolved—it used to be a simpler, but oftentimes more interesting place. Things there were personal and weird, but today it is curated, infinite, predictable, and overwhelming. It has adopted the neural network form, driven by powerful hardware, complex algorithms, and cross-platform data. Social media functions far differently from the previous means of information exchange. This is obvious, and something frequently critiqued (albeit with good reason).

What I am trying to elaborate is that I recognize the dangers of this—similarly, the dangers of letting people at large interact with LLMs—but I still see the nuance. Our society is accelerating, certainly towards something, but it is both reductionist and defeatist to assume that this something we are heading toward is totally bad, or even that we have no control over this direction. We are on the precipice of what could likely be, by far, the greatest improvement in history for human means. We just need to keep our sanity, steer the ship, and weather the storm.