Hey, I'm Oshan.

I write about consciousness studies and political economy, tinkering at the cross-roads of the social and contemplative sciences.

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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