How to build and maintain communities
This blogpost started out as a bunch of notes and links, and I found myself sharing it with people over and over again so much
We are all miseducated + need to rethink education from scratch
We are all miseducated. My education journey 0129 – future of education 0461 – we are all miseducated – accepted it and
Surprises reveal the limits of our expectations
I started smoking again. Thought I would’ve quit for good. (Quit again in 2016) people are stupid. keep assuming that th
Meditation is mind-maintenance. If you believe that the mind is important, meditation is, too
Clear the gunk off your windshield so you can focus on the present moment, what’s in front of you right now. Jon Kabat Z
the body is inextricably intertwined with the mind
I’ve been overwhelmed in recent times with the realization that I don’t really know my body as well as I thought I
Why do hard things? It’s about the people you meet along the way, including a better version of yourself
I’m somewhat intellectually convinced that it’s worth doing hard things in life, but I don’t always live as
Why do I argue with people on the internet?
I wrote this because I wanted to make sense of a habit that I have, and to modify it so it serves me better. I think the impor
The XAB method – Get person X from point A to point B without overextending yourself
This is a draft of a blogpost I’ve been meaning to write, articulating what I’ve learned from a few years of being
The media is critical to how we make sense of ourselves and our reality
Why does this post exist? I think the media (in all its forms) is a very important part of what it means to be human. It’
Schools are powerful, outdated tools of social programming
Why does this post exist? I haven’t been in school in over a decade, but it had a debilitating effect on me and I want t
What makes something “authentic”? It’s about passing for others
The goal here is to explore what we mean when we say something is ‘authentic’, ask who gets to decide, and how we
How to facilitate interesting interviews / conversations
If I were an interviewer. 1: I think it’s important to get all the preliminary questions out of the way ASAP. Most dialo
Making sense of my childhood and how it shaped me
I was born on June 6th 1990, in Singapore. George HW Bush was President of the USA. The Berlin Wall fell, East and West German
Procrastination is a solvable problem
On putting things off [HN] I’m very passionate about the problem of procrastination, having suffered terribly from it a
Movies I’ve watched and liked
Movies I really loved and would rewatch Lord of War – depiction of bleakness of arms industry Moneyball – I really appreci
TV shows I’ve watched and liked
blog > reviews > TV TV Shows that I really loved, recommend and would rewatch The West Wing – great conversations, co