As the days of my college experience are coming to a close, albeit many miles from Kenyon, I find myself looking back on how much I have changed from when it all started. While some things have remained more stagnant, like my punctuality (or lack there of), many of my beliefs of the world areContinue reading “A New Chapter”
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Altruism
As I have learned more about altruism, I’ve thought a lot about some of the competing theories of human motivation. The nihilist in me often does fall into the ego motivation theory camp. When you see how people react to a pandemic, it is hard to not see the extent to which people are individualistContinue reading “Altruism”
Day 20 something of social distancing
Well, the best part about coronavirus thing for me has also been the biggest hardship: My family. I am currently living with my parents for the first extended period of time since highschool, and it has most definitely been hard to not butt heads at times. All of us are adjusting to zoom meetings home,Continue reading “Day 20 something of social distancing”
Day 14 of Isolation
As of today, it has been 2 weeks since I have socialized in person with anyone besides my family. My social interactions have been restricted to zoom, skype, facetime, and google meet. For a majority of Americans, this is what life will be like indefinitely. As tough as it is to completely halt my way ofContinue reading “Day 14 of Isolation”
100 Humans
Given that quarantine has limited my face to face social interactions, I have filled that void with plenty of Netflix. I stumbled upon this show, 100 Humans, that basically conducts a series of social psych experiments on 100 random humans. While many of their experiments would not be IRB approved as they often fail toContinue reading “100 Humans”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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