About me
Hi, and welcome to Musings of Amir, my little corner of the internet where I share my thoughts.
"But who is Amir and why should I care?" you might ask, and well... I can answer the first part, at least. I am a nerdy Norwegian-Tunisian who enjoys gaming, philosophy, books, TV and movies, and who like to think about them for weeks. But most importantly: I am an aspiring author, and any aspiring author should have a website or blog (apparently).
I grew up in Norway but spent my summers in Tunisia, which means I have always had one foot in two very different worlds: democracy and dictatorship, faith and doubt, and wealth and poverty all sitting right next to each other. It shaped how I think about most things, and might be why I rarely believe there is only one way to look at things.
My career has been varied. I did a PhD in theoretical astrophysics, spending years publishing research and explaining science on national radio in a manner everyone could understand. Then when it was time to leave academia, I spent several years as a data scientist. Now I lead a Data Science and AI department (not that kind of AI, the one before ChatGPT made GenAI popular: machine learning, statistical models etc.), having discovered that working with people is more fulfilling than working with data.
On the side, I write fiction. I have a completed novel currently looking for a home, and a backlog of ideas that will probably outlive me. You can find out more about my writing over at Works.
I live near Oslo with my wife and our two daughters. Our house has more books in it than is strictly sensible. Which is just fantastic.
Feel free to stick around, look at my Works, what I am currently reading or doing Right Now or read one of my Blog posts. There is also a subscribe form down below. Subscribing means you are probably human, and not a bot, and are allowed to leave comments on my posts. It also means you will get an email when I post something new. I am told this is called a newsletter and that having one is very important. I am told a lot of things about building an author platform. Some of it might even be true.
--Amir