Hi! I'm Xin Hui.

I'm a PhD student in Philosophy at MIT; previously I was pursuing my PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.  More here.

My research straddles social philosophy and decision theory along a central thesis: that inquiry is active and social. I argue that it is a significant decision that can be used to empower liberatory social movements and collective action towards remediating structural injustice. However, it is not without its difficulties and costs, and is often rational only at the expense of the agent.  More here. 

I'm the graduate co-director of PIKSI-Boston, and in 2021 I co-organized Wonder Philosophy Pittsburgh. More here.

Before graduate school, I received a B.S. from NYU in Finance, Computing and Data Science (and Philosophy), and worked in Sales & Trading in Hong Kong for two years. 

When I'm not glaring at code or reading, I'm usually:

• Lifting (I used to be a competitive powerlifter but now dabble in Olympic weightlifting, aka trust falling in the gym)

• Playing a board game (currently obsessed with Spirit Island and Wingspan, though Betrayal At House on the Hill remains one of my favourite games)

• Roleplaying a caricaturized version of myself in Dungeons & Dragons

usually not all at the same time.