This is the personal website of Adam Train. I am a software engineer who has primarily worked for fintech companies. (More about that here.) However, my greatest passion is writing. I’m an insatiable reader, of both fiction and nonfiction, and am a great admirer of language. This website is where I publish my essays, and publish fun quotes and stats about what I’ve currently and recently been reading.
It is a happy coincidence that the substrate of the AI revolution in which we find ourselves is natural language. Sharp, exacting communication skills have never been more important.
For more about me, see About. For my reading stats, see Stats. For my essays, see Essays. For my book reviews, see Book Reviews.
I am currently reading Open Socrates by and A Brief History of Intelligence by .
Latest Essay
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2026-02-16Crypto and AI both present themselves as technologies of the future. I argue AI clearly is and crypto clearly isn't.
Latest Book Review
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2026-02-09by qntm