Academic Writings

Table of Contents

This is a personal archive of my academic work and letters on Bitcoin during my time at Cornell University (2022–2025). Notably, this does not include anything related to the Cornell Bitcoin Club, the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute's Bitcoin Adoption Study, or pieces I have written outside of the classroom.

  • Curriculum Overview

  • Fall 2022:

    • COGST 2415: Intro to Moral Psychology

      • Response Paper #3

      • Response Paper #4

    • GOVT 1101: States, Power, & Global Governance

      • Final Paper: "Fix the Money, Fix the World"

    • INFO 2040: Networks I

      • Blog Post #1: Stabilizing the Texas Power Grid: An Explanation of the Nash Equilibriums between ERCOT & Texas Bitcoin Miners

      • Blog Post #2: Evaluating The Diffusion & Adoption of Bitcoin: Through Network Effects, Public Sentiment & Self-Fulfilling Expectations Equilibrium

    • College of Arts & Sciences Independent Major Program

      • Independent Major Proposal

      • Independent Major Proposal Additional Notes

  • Summer 2023:

    • Letter to President Pollack

    • Response to Advisor

  • Fall 2023:

    • College of Arts & Sciences Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program

      • Personal Essay

      • Study Proposal

      • Proposed Course Plan

  • Spring 2024

    • COLLS 3001: College Scholar Seminar

      • 05/10/24: RSH CSP Sophomore Presentations Slides

      • 05/10/24: RSH CSP Sophomore Presentations Notes

      • 05/16/24: RSH CSP Research Proposal "21 Million Tools For the 21st Century"

    • COGST 4350: Mind, Self & Emotion

      • Final Paper / Research Proposal: "Complexity Bias and Aversion in Cultural Context: How Self-Construal and Cognitive Style Influence Financial Decisions About bitcoin"

  • Fall 2024

    • Letter to Interim President Michael Kotlikoff

    • COLLS 4990: Honors Research I

      • 10/29/24: RSH CSP Thesis Proposal

      • RSH CSP Revised Thesis Proposal

    • COGST 4270: Evolution of Language

      • Final Paper: "The Evolution of Language as the Interface for Cultural and
        Technological Progress"

    • COGST 4331: Event Cognition: How Minds, Brains, and Bodies Experience Events

      • Final Paper / Research Proposal: "Observing Transitions: Bitcoin, Cognition & Event Perception"

    • INFO 4500: Language & Technology

      • Final Paper: "Bitcoin as a Communications Channel & Universal Language:
        Advancing Research in Computer-Mediated Communication"

  • Spring 2025

    • COLLS 4991: Honors Research II

      • 04/08/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis "Near Complete" Draft for Committee

      • 05/02/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Draft for Committee

      • 05/03/25: RSH CSP Senior Presentations Slides

      • 05/03/25: RSH CSP Senior Presentations Notes

      • 05/05/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Defense Slides

      • 05/05/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Defense Notes

      • 05/11/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Final Copy

      • 05/15/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Library Release Form

      • 06/06/25: RSH CSP Honors Thesis Summary

    • INFO 4360: Communication Networks and Social Capital

      • Final Paper / Research Proposal: "Funding the Peer-to-Peer Ethos: A Network Analysis Proposal of Bitcoin’s Technical & Social Collectives"

      • Data for INFO 4360 Paper

    • TEDxCornell Talk: "In Yourself You Trust"

      • Script

      • Slides

      • The Spreadsheet