I did not know Amit passed away, and learned of it through this blog post. Thanks for posting it, and thanks for sharing your stories. We played board games and had a lot of fun during my time in Israel. He left a lasting impact on me - I only met him a couple of times, and yet to this day I still have fond memories of talking math to him at HUJI, and him being incredibly smart, kind, and always excited to learn cool things. I'm sad that I can't see him around next time I visit.
This is a bad place to comment this (condolences on the anniversary of your friend's death), but I'm going to express my appreciation anyway. I really like your substack! I just learned about it a few days ago from Scott Alexander's post, and I've been browsing your back catalog with some interest -- you're a good writer with interesting thoughts and perspectives that make for fun reading. Just wanted to give you a little appreciation in the comments as I haven't seen much engagement with your previous posts from readers.
I did not know Amit passed away, and learned of it through this blog post. Thanks for posting it, and thanks for sharing your stories. We played board games and had a lot of fun during my time in Israel. He left a lasting impact on me - I only met him a couple of times, and yet to this day I still have fond memories of talking math to him at HUJI, and him being incredibly smart, kind, and always excited to learn cool things. I'm sad that I can't see him around next time I visit.
This is a bad place to comment this (condolences on the anniversary of your friend's death), but I'm going to express my appreciation anyway. I really like your substack! I just learned about it a few days ago from Scott Alexander's post, and I've been browsing your back catalog with some interest -- you're a good writer with interesting thoughts and perspectives that make for fun reading. Just wanted to give you a little appreciation in the comments as I haven't seen much engagement with your previous posts from readers.
Thanks! And yeah, it was awkward timing to have this one so soon after getting a subscriber wave. Next one should hopefully be more general audience.