Essays and Thoughts
Dreams are where possibility shades into actuality. They're how the world builds and sustains itself. Realism is false because realists never make anything new or exciting. Without dreamers, the unknown and unthought-of engulfs and destroys reality. When people tell you to be realistic, tell them to dream. Dreams are made of love, made of passion, … Continue reading Dream
Love doesn't just happen. At first sight, it's at most an idealization. Idealizations are not false. They're just not true. They're like the Constitution without the constituents. Love is more the generation and preservation of attraction through reciprocal effort towards enlarging, strengthening, and losing the self. It's about the hard and beautiful work into maintaining … Continue reading Romance
It's too complicated to decide how to make the most of life. I've decided to throw all considerations away and leave only Love. Optimize for the capacity to give and receive love. That is, learn to love and be someone who's lovable. This points to... Care for others Listen Tell the truth Write and read … Continue reading Love and Life Optimization
Zen is not what you do, but who you become. In this sense, it's eminently like love. I write this because my friend proposed a paradox in Zen. The logic goes as follows: To practice Zen, you have to desire to be in Zen. People in Zen have no desires. Therefore they won't desire to … Continue reading Love, Zen, and Paradoxes
There are two types of attractiveness. This will have direct bearing on how we should mate. There are people who are universally attractive. Pretty features. Good build. Etc.. But there are also people who we find uniquely attractive. Perhaps because of their hobbies, personality, or the specific type of beauty they embody. We may find … Continue reading Attractiveness
This is a warning. I did CS50. It has turned me into my mom, in a bad way. I just can't stop organizing things. I have to delete abbreviations and replace them with full-length words. My clothes now have to be folded. My table aligned with the wall. My folders nested inside other folders (inside … Continue reading Being Changed for the Worse by Coding
Ask questions. Anything that comes to your mind. It can be interesting, it can be stupid, it can be about politics, or it can just be about their favorite bubble tea. Just make sure you're actually curious. This is where smalltalk, like "the weather is really good today," fails. Engage in smalltalk so you don't … Continue reading Making Good Conversation
A desperate attempt to justify the existence of college writing classes by articulating the importance of writing well, in order to make me feel better about how I'm forced to take them instead of the other 3700 courses offered at Harvard. Why Learn Writing? The Short Answer So we can articulate, communicate, and think with … Continue reading Writing Well
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