12
Sep
You Can’t Mourn Him If You Believe in Him
He died the way he lived: by treating death by gunfire as an acceptable cost of freedom.
He told his
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the past
02
Jul
On Calling Mamdani a “Communist”
It’s become a reflex in American politics: slap the “communist” label on anyone advocating for change, and suddenly the
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27
May
The Future, Downgraded
“The Future, Downgraded”
Jony Ive teaming up with OpenAI is being heralded as a bold leap forward.
But if you
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27
May
Woken Up Inside
This is the real me
4 min read
26
May
A Mirror of Fracture and Fidelity: Storytelling, Simulation, and the Ethics of Small Acts in the Intergenerational Conundrum
In an era saturated with narrative, where the spectacle of meaning often replaces its substance, the human condition emerges not
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08
May
the fit is called lineage
this is me in a weird outfit.
ai made it.
i told it i’m 22% vietnamese, 2% chinese, about
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12
Apr
On Being a Malcontent:
(Or, Why Overthinking Is Not a Flaw)
(ai rewrite of a 2012 short piece I wrote in college)
I will
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11
Apr
10 Totally Real Ways to Deal with Your Crushing Existential Dread
1. Pretend You’re a Hero in a Meaningless Universe (Camus Style)
Nothing matters? Fine. Pretend you’re a stubborn
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10
Apr
Why the USA Pays to Protect Japan, and they don’t contribute militarily to the USA
In a perplexing display of historical amnesia and economic self-sabotage, President Donald Trump’s recent imposition of 24% tariffs on
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10
Apr
When Chaos Is the Only Strategy
TAREERIFFS
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