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November 10, 2021December 16, 2022 ~ Warren Zhu ~ Leave a comment

A short meditation on Home. Heidegger said that we are Dasein, being-there. As such, we live in a place, (in distinction to a mere environment) and thus, a home. This is determined already by us as zoon echon logon—the language-speaking animal. For it is a miraculous fact of symbols that it can point to itself … Continue reading Home

Hope Contra Kierkegaard

October 12, 2021 ~ Warren Zhu ~ Leave a comment

Kierkegaard: "Hope is a pretty girl, who slips away from one’s grasp." And again (!), "He who will only hope is cowardly. He who wants only to recollect is a voluptuary. But he who wills repetition, he is a man, and the more emphatically he has endeavoured to understand what this means, the deeper he … Continue reading Hope Contra Kierkegaard

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Warren Zhu. Harvard ’26. Have been repeatedly compared to ChatGPT.

Knows history of philosophy pretty well, especially likes Heidegger, DFW, Arendt, sleep, Nassim Taleb, handstands, and Wong Kar-Wai.

Wants to get better at:

  • Chinese History
  • Political Theory
  • Event organization
  • Statistics
  • Ethics

Doesn’t like to talk about American politics, take photos, or look back at his past posts (or the really really bad TED Talk he has on YT).

Is sometimes sad for no reason. And generally writes his blogposts when that happens.

Reach out to him on Insta if you want to chat!

Things I’ve Actually Done

Classes Taking:

  • Math55b (Algebraic Topology and Complex Analysis)
  • Math123 (Algebra II: Rings and Fields)
  • Stat111 (Statistical Inference)
  • CS124 (Standard Algo Class)
  • Expos (Is It Okay To Be A Luddite?)

Classes Taken:

  • Math55a
  • HUM20 (Intro. History of Art)
  • AFVS58T (A Videomaking Toolkit)
  • SLAVIC148 (Strange Russian Writers)

Event Organization:

  • Chinese International Student visit to Huawei HQ, Summer 2022 (included Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, and NYU students)
  • Hosts the bi-weekly Harvard EA social

Awards:

First Prize, Trinity College Philosophy Essay Competition

High Commendations, John Locke Essay Competition, Philosophy

(Selfie with my friend who's working through some difficult relationship problems in his notebook.)
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