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When Someone You Love Dies, Your World Goes With Them
Reflection on my mom's death and how it distorted my sense of time and space
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The Carrot of Inclusion in the Education Job Market
How excluding non-U.S. citizens from impact-driven job opportunities contributes to a loss of identity and a sense of alienation
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The Only in the Room: Nodding in U.S. Tech Culture As 0.001% of the Industry
On times I've chosen to dance.
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Hear Me Out: What If We Made Lifelong Learning a Religion?
A philosophical exploration of the potential benefits of integrating religious elements into lifelong learning for critical thinking and societal…
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Linguistic Barriers to a Warless World
Exploring how the the experiences Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Lathe of Heaven" reflect the challenges of overcoming linguistic and cultural limitations to…
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The Most Persuasive Future We Imagine Wins, Not the Noblest or Most Accurate
And why accurate and noble narratives about the future can only mobilize collective action if the people can build and describe this future together.
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Is Family All?
For the very same reason that we have had more ups and downs with our relatives, we should hold them more accountable for what they do.
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The Blind Spot in AI Tutors Holding Every Student Back
From Khan Academy to ChatGPT: Are We Missing the Point in EdTech?
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Perhaps No One Enjoys Only Eating Eggs and Bananas 1095 Times a Year
The abstract, distant, and theoretical understanding of people different than us often makes us forget they are people, too.
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We Are Falling Short
When we are silent after 30,000 people are massacred, we are falling short.
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Think With Your Bigger Head
Male nomads aren't increasingly being kidnapped just because cities are "dangerous."
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The Great Books and Thinkers Not Always Know Best
We want, and rightly so, to believe that the names everyone praises can answer all our problems.
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