Welcome to my digital vault!

My name’s Yurui.

I was born in Beijing, raised in Sydney, and now live in Cambridge, MA, where I study at Harvard College for my undergraduate degree, intending to concentrate in Mathematics and the Classics. This site is a home for thoughts and stories from my life.

I like thinking about various parts of the human condition, with particular interests in:

• Decision Theory: Philosophy of mind and language, game theory/poker, epistemology, behavioural economics, how information asymmetries affects the reasoning of autonomous systems (whether human or artificial).

• Health: Workout planning for hypertrophy, sleep optimisation, diet planning, and the psychology of discipline and habit formation. I train with the Harvard Powerlifting team and believe in health as the foundation for all human conquests.

• Literature: Aesthetics, architecture, theory of beauty, human irrationality, intertextuality, and the preservation of stories through great art, music, poetry, and literature. I speak English and Mandarin, and read Classical Latin.

Previously, I had some exposure to the world of startups and venture capital in Sydney. Now, I’m trying to build a more theoretical understanding of the world. I think the humanities are becoming increasingly neglected in our accelerating technological age, and that humans know far less than what we think we do. Many times, technology can detract from what it means to live fully. We should turn physical pages more and scroll less.

In my spare time, you'll find me in the gym, at the poker table, on the tennis court, fishing at dusk, chasing a sunset, or reading a book.

I have two younger brothers. Perhaps one day they’ll stumble across this site, a microcosm into their older brother’s mind, despite his living halfway across the world from them.