Zia Hassan
I am curious about what it means to be human.
Writing
Thoughts on education, AI, and everything in between.
An Ethical Dilemma about Kids and Fandom
I often see social media posts (or sometimes real life examples) of a thing where parents put their kids into outfits that act as bumper stickers. Whether it's a political orientation, or perhaps a sp
Morning Magick
The first thing I do on most days of the year is make coffee. It's nothing fancy. I make a pot for myself and my wife. The ritual is the key. First I pour the water into the coffee maker's chamber. I
From the Garden
Atomic notes, research threads, and works in progress.
A PhD students needs a room of balloons
🎈 The metaphor is that I should be living in a room of balloons rather than a tightly packed trunk of.a car on vacation. This is a space for some productivity ideas around this concept. First, Andy S
"Bus" in Urdu means Enough
"Bus" in Urdu means Enough Growing up, I got to hear my parents speak in Urdu to friends and family. Although their usage of Urdu has waned over the years, something I'll never forget is their use of
On Mastodon
Follow →Is anyone using Sublime? I sort of shrugged it off as another AI thingidy thing, but it's actually kind of cool and useful and weird in a way that most algorithmically based things don't seem to be.
May 27, 2026I started the show Fantasmas last night. Why didn't anyone tell me about this? Freakin' brilliant and had me on the floor.
May 27, 2026Anthropic recently update Claude and it feels significantly... stunted, at the moment. I actually asked "are you okay?"
May 25, 2026I really dislike it when people use “monk” as some kind of credential for their life purpose business.
May 23, 2026Currently
Working for the summer examining why institutions make procurement decision around AI technology.
Prepping for teaching the upcoming AI in Education course at JHU.
Working on a number of other AI projects, including social experiments that involve online synchronous chat methods.
Teaching coaching and human growth and development classes as per usual.
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