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Jun 26, 2020

“America First”: The Case for Two Years of Mandatory National Service

Want to heal the divide? Eliminate it right after graduation. — In 2017, Trump committed us to an “America First” foreign policy: put America’s interests before other countries’. He reiterated it at his rally last weekend. Fair enough at face-value, but severing foreign relations is ineffective to the mission. If you want China to shut down the wet market, you first…

Donald Trump

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“America First”: The Case for Two Years of Mandatory National Service
“America First”: The Case for Two Years of Mandatory National Service
Donald Trump

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Jun 6, 2020

The Great Enemy of Justice: Our Attention Spans

Why aren’t we voting out racism? Voting is boring. — We young people talk an awful big game about reform, but our voter turnout numbers are pathetic. When Trump got elected, 18–29 year-olds hit 41% while 60+ year-olds hit 70%. Two years earlier only 18% of us voted, the lowest in over 30 years. In this year’s Democratic primaries, we…

BlackLivesMatter

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The Great Enemy of Justice: Our Attention Spans
The Great Enemy of Justice: Our Attention Spans
BlackLivesMatter

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·May 22, 2020

Simulation Theory Should Be a Religion

As ‘scientific’ as our beliefs about reality may seem, they’re still beliefs — Here’s a belief I hold: What we consider reality is, most likely, a sensory rendering of a fractional slice of true reality, which is probably some computational network entity much like a laptop’s CPU or the neural network of a human brain. My belief is close, but not identical, to…

Religion

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Simulation Theory Should Be a Religion
Simulation Theory Should Be a Religion
Religion

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Apr 29, 2020

3 Thoughts on Travis Scott’s “Astronomical” Fortnite concert

His Fortnite concert experience racked up 12m participants. What does the future of live virtual events have to offer? Psychedelic, ethereal, and virtual, Epic Games just proved that the Stay-At-Home model is equally applicable to live events as anything else. If you haven’t already checked out Travis Scott’s Fortnite debut of his Kid Cudi collaboration, “The Scotts”, do so now. The signal is clear: live events will go virtual…

Fortnite

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3 Thoughts on Travis Scott’s “Astronomical” Fortnite concert
3 Thoughts on Travis Scott’s “Astronomical” Fortnite concert
Fortnite

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Apr 20, 2020

My “Corona Top 5”

Some predictions for corona. My granddad asked me how I think the Coronavirus will change my life, other peoples’ lives, and society in general. The range of implications is obviously massive, and I have previously found it tough to steer the Corona Conversation in the right direction. This time, I curated a Top 5…

Coronavirus

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My “Corona Top 5”
My “Corona Top 5”
Coronavirus

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