Welcome on my website, stranger. My name is Khalid and this is my digital garden. I have been writing since 2011 as a way to explore ideas, document my learning and share what I think is good knowledge. The essays here reflect my journey through philosophy, technology, and social progress. I believe (see "What I believe in?") in the power of rational discourse and empirical evidence to drive meaningful change. My work at the Civics Institute focuses on developing metrics and frameworks to measure societal advancement beyond traditional economic indicators.
I am most interested in the intersection of technology with human values. You’ll find technical analyses and philosophical musings here, along with occasional visual journalism: interactive maps, charts and data-driven investigations in the tradition of a newspaper graphics desk. If you feel lost, I would recommend starting with my Reading Guide in order to make sense of this website.
I co-founded the Civics Institute, a think-tank promoting rational quantification of human progress.
I draw my biggest inspirations from Baruch Spinoza, Henry David Thoreau, Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach and Augustine of Hippo.
The companies, stakes and holdings of Morocco's head of government and his family
Why your threat model might be fundamentally incoherent
What ideas are worth killing for?
On institutional persistence of political stagnation
Why Eastern Morocco’s air is becoming unbreathable
Why economic incentives often drive moral progress
Making sense of the numbers behind wage disparities
How to reduce errors when you don't know what the hell you're talking about
My reading of Hamas Al-Aqsa Storm operation
An experimental instruction-level JVM implementation
On trying to think by myself
On learning hard things
Paying due on a system in default
Why history traps some nations in poverty while other escape
Réflexions sur ma double identitié, ses enjeux culturels et sociaux, et le pseudo-choc culturel
The evolutionary psychology of marriage is
Les médias sont un marché de masse production
Reflexions on institutionalized underemployment
My views on the death penalty for drug trafficking and the uncomfortable calculus of suffering
A child's guide to cosmic insignificance
A personal exploration of faith and reason
My principles, derived from empirical evidence, logical consistency, and systemic thinking