"So where does that leave innovating, founding, and 'building something new'? At worst, they are legitimized and lionized excuses for groupthink or the pursuit of power. At best, for the true believers, they are red herrings that take away the attention to consider their values..."
Reflections
The pursuit of power in Silicon Valley’s Valueless Society
in Essays, Reflections,
October 1, 2023
"So where does that leave innovating, founding, and 'building something new'? At worst, they are legitimized and lionized excuses for groupthink or the pursuit of power. At best, for the true believers, they are red herrings that take away the attention to consider their values..."
I damaged someone else’s car on my first time driving alone and…
in Reflections,
April 17, 2021
Should I think of morality? Maybe I should at least leave a note and pay for the damage, be it ten bucks, a hundred, or a thousand; I don’t know much about car-fixery. In my post-moral, Nietzschean/Foucaultian self, I can’t sincerely bring myself to think about what is the...
My Story From Relative Poverty and Obscurity to Columbia: A Satire
in Reflections, Story,
June 5, 2020
Cher has lived in Beijing, Weihai, Singapore, Alabama, North Carolina, and New York, in that order. Now she doesn’t know where she is living, given the coronavirus and her lack of a stable home. Here is how all that came about and why she thinks it’s funny — When...
How to NOT Stress About COVID-19
in Current Events, Reflections,
April 11, 2020
When disasters like Katrina and the Coronavirus hit, it is always the people who are of the lowest socioeconomic status who are hit the hardest first. Yet we barely have time to care about their plight because heck, we ourselves are impacted too! In other words, from a...
On the Edge of Teenage Years
in Reflections,
January 17, 2020
At a point of confusion as I am turning away from my teenage years into more responsibility, I promise myself one thing: to open my heart, and —
Live bravely.
Live openly.
Laugh through adversities.
Share moments with ones I love,
But also relish in solitude.
Have the ocean in my heart.