I'm Khalid - driven by a simple internal metric: the maker-to-taker ratio - The Highest Virtue. Much of my time is spent trying to ensure that what I eventually contribute to the world outweighs what I've gathered from it.

I prefer looking at systems from the ground up, focusing on honest inquiry rather than conventional wisdom. It's less about having the "right" answers and more about a persistent, first-principles approach to understanding how things actually function.

My curiosity usually drifts toward the big picture - the nature of reality, the patterns of history, and the nuances of human behavior. I find the most interesting truths are often hidden at the intersection of these fields.