Index

Investing

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Moth Fund ↗

Moth aims to increase the agency of exceptional individuals. I write about people, investing, and building something new on a quarterly basis.

MM.01 Alana Newhouse: EIC of Tablet Magazine ↗

Q2.23 Good artists copy, great artists steal ↗

Q3.26 Should I be a VC? ↗

Q2.26 Notes on intuition ↗

Q1.26 The practice of peopling ↗

Q4.25 Tenacity tests ↗

Q3.25 Is humility holding you back? ↗

Q2.25 Will raising venture sell my soul? ↗

Q1.25 Being a people person in an ideas world ↗

Q4.24 Larva Learnings ↗

Q3.24 Bulls, bears, and moths ↗

Q2.24 Seeing the court clearly ↗

Q1.24 The rogue investor's guide to venture ↗

Q1.24 The earnest ambitious kid's guide to investors ↗

Q4.23 The lost charisma of capitalism ↗

Q3.23 How to be a kid who goes places ↗

Q2.23 Good artists copy, great artists steal ↗

Q1.23 Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ↗

Editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine. Alana Newhouse ↗

Deepfakes, Capitalism, & Complacency →

Examining the relationship between humans and technology

Interviews

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Moth Minds ↗

Interviews with high-agency humans.

Managing Partner at Compound. Michael Dempsey ↗

Founder & CEO of Universe. Joseph Cohen ↗

Principal at Benchmark. Blake Robbins ↗

Founder & CEO of Universe. Joseph Cohen ↗

Co-founder & CEO of Browser Company. Josh Miller ↗

Founder of Quizlet. Andrew Sutherland ↗

Partner at Benchmark. Blake Robbins ↗

Former Head of Marketing at Notion. Camille Ricketts ↗

Co-founder & CEO of Entrepreneur First. Matt Clifford ↗

Serial entrepreneur & investor. Justin Mares ↗

Former COO of Stripe. Claire Hughes Johnson ↗

Investor & entrepreneur. Daniel Gross ↗

Dialectic: The Art of Peopling ↗

With Jackson Dahl

Forbes: Spotlight in the 30U30 Venture Capital category ↗

With Alexandra York

Audience of One: Investing in People and Writing ↗

With Spencer Kier

Curation

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Milky ↗

I often send a newsletter of things I've found interesting. Consider it a bouquet of links from a friend — mainly focused on humans, investing, and media.

December 2025. Molly's 2025 notes ↗

August 2025. Moderation ↗

April 2025. Much love ↗

January 2025. Majestic ↗

December 2024. Matrimony ↗

September 2024. Misunderstood ↗

August 2024. Magnitude ↗

July 2024. Magnolia ↗

May 2024. Murky ↗

March 2024. Materialize ↗

January 2024. Morals ↗

September 2023. Movement ↗

August 2023. Memorable ↗

June 2023. Mastery ↗

February 2023. Models ↗

January 2023. Measured ↗

December 2022. Multitudes ↗

November 2022. Mirrors ↗

July 2022. Meaning-making ↗

May 2022. Messages ↗

April 2022. Magically ↗

February 2022. Momentary ↗

December 2021. Motion ↗

November 2021. Modest ↗

October 2021. Merely ↗

Computing history hub ↗

A resource for learning about the history of computing

Mud →

Documenting the things that have shaped my taste in ideas

Questions →

A few questions that I'm particularly interested in right now

Teaching →

A bit of background on my interest in teaching and learning

Images →

A feed of my most recent explorations in photo and video

Writing

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Mind Mud ↗

I write essays sometimes — usually putting myself under a microscope to better understand how human beings work.

How do you chart your change? checking in ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2024 Devotion ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2023 Deliberate ↗

How do you chart your change? Circles ↗

Do you believe in the value of your voice? Confidence ↗

What is femininity and how do we use it? Complementary ↗

Are you watching yourself through others' eyes? Women ↗

Is figuring out who you are a waste? (Self) concept ↗

What is your relationship to reality? Conviction ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2021 Chapters ↗

How do you frame freedom for yourself? Commitments ↗

Are you critical enough of your self-criticisms? Critical ↗

What are you going to do with your time? Callings ↗

Will you explore or will you exploit? Concentration ↗

Why are we so wimpy? Courage ↗

Is it speed or certainty that you crave? Certainty ↗

Are you quiet or are you scared? Communication ↗

How do we care for the people we love? Compassion ↗

Computers & Creativity →

Research. How can digital creative tools be co-creators?

Scaling the personal grantmaking sector →

Research. Investing in individuals creates more companies

Personal peopling principles →

Notes. Stuff I'm stubborn about

Deepfakes, Capitalism, & Complacency →

Examining the relationship between humans and technology

Work

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‣ Stripe Press

Edited stories about technology

‣ Figma

Worked on collaboration and community product

‣ The Browser Company

Designed tools and wrote stories

‣ Notion

Spun up a home for software creations and wrote words

‣ Peak Design

Designing for design-enthusiasts (and the environment)

‣ Pogo

Led zero-to-one product design on a consumer fintech app

‣ Discovery Plus

Designed for Discovery's first streaming platform

‣ Entireworld

Visuals and art direction for a new era fashion brand

education
Digital Media & Entrepreneurship
BA, 2019 — 2021