Hey, I'm Oshan.
I write about consciousness studies and political economy, tinkering at the cross-roads of the social and contemplative sciences.
I'm currently working on a narrative
podcast series about transformative meditation experiences.
In the past, I was a
staff writer with Future Perfect at Vox, where I covered things like
post-scarcity,
advanced meditation,
psychedelics,
anti-poverty,
universal unemployment benefits, and
what it would actually take to reduce the working week.
I co-founded the
Library of Economic Possibility (LEP), a modern database that organizes research on high-leverage economic policies, and publishes interactive summaries.
I hosted the
Musing Mind Podcast, where I held long-form conversations with economists, scientists, and philosophers at the intersection of consciousness and economics.
Each of us are here only briefly, as startling blinks of wakefulness, bundles of flesh & possibility in a vast, rich, & strange cosmic neighborhood. So firstly, let’s navigate with kindness, zest, & curiosity.
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