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2025-11-25 (List) |
A list of my favorite film directors. |
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2025-10-27 (Notes) |
My notes on Dwarkesh Patel's interview of Andrej Karpathy. Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, 2025 |
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2025-09-05 (Notes) |
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock Quarterlife is a defining work that offers a compassionate roadmap toward finding understanding, happiness, and wholeness in adulthood. |
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2025-09-01 (List) |
Philosophical Concepts Mentioned in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis A list of philosophical concepts in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis, augmented by my recommended further readings. Tagged: Philosophy, Books, 2025 |
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2025-06-19 (List) |
A list of alt-proteins in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio. Tagged: Veganism, Food/Beverage, 2025 |
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2025-06-18 (List) |
Vegan, Nut-Free, High-Protein Packaged Snacks A list of snacks in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio. Tagged: Veganism, Food/Beverage, 2025 |
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2025-05-05 (Notes) |
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller Based on the science of attachment, the book looks at the three basic types of attachment: avoidant, anxious, and secure. Tagged: Psychology, Books, 2025 |
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2025-04-11 (Notes) |
My notes, analysis, and extension of thought on the wonderful article about Hermeneutic Labor by Ellie Anderson. Tagged: Feminism, Philosophy, Sociology, 2025 |
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2025-04-08 (Notes) |
How does socialization occur? Tagged: Psychology, 2025 |
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2025-03-31 (Notes) |
What are conspiracy theories? Why do people engage with them? Can conspiracists be reasoned with? |
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2025-02-28 (Notes) |
Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility What does neuroscience have to tell us about free will? Tagged: Philosophy, Cognitive Science, 2025 |
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2025-01-21 (Notes) |
Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships by Jessica Fern & David Cooley From the author of the best-selling Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, a next-level guide for people looking to build secure attachment in nonmonogamous relationships. Tagged: Books, Non-monogamy, 2025 |
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2025-01-11 (Notes) |
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name. |
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2024-11-12 (Notes) |
Fitness Learnings and Opinions A compilation of my fitness learnings and opinions that I have developed over time through personal experience and research. Tagged: Personal Fitness, 2024 |
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2024-11-06 (Notes) |
Why are there so many right-wing grifters? Conservative media seems to always involve fearmongering people and taking advantage of that. Why? |
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2024-08-13 (List) |
A list of my favorite musical artists across various genres. Tagged: Music/Vinyl, 2024 |
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2024-08-08 (Notes) |
Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change. |
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2024-07-31 (List) |
Some ways to make something vegan via substitution. Tagged: Veganism, Food/Beverage, 2024 |
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2024-07-31 (List) |
Item or ingredient food substitutions for vegan alternatives to popular foods. Tagged: Veganism, Food/Beverage, 2024 |
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2024-07-31 (List) |
A list of vegan snacks and low-prep meals for when I don't feel like cooking. Tagged: Veganism, Food/Beverage, 2024 |
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2024-07-06 (Notes) |
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. |
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2024-06-19 (Notes) |
Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk Notes Notes from Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk by Dr. Mark S. Komrad at Profs and Pints DC. Tagged: Mental Health, 2024 |
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2024-05-09 (Notes) |
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as… doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process. |
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2024-04-07 (Notes) |
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at work, at school, at home and beyond. |
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2024-03-25 (Notes) |
The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen The Other Significant Others is an exploration of long-term platonic relationships in their various forms. |
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2024-03-05 (Notes) |
The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas How can we think more deeply about travel? This was the thought that inspired Emily Thomas to journey into the philosophy of travel, to explore the places where philosophy and travel intersect. |
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2024-02-24 (Notes) |
An exploration of the relationship of TikTok and music. Tagged: Music/Vinyl, 2024 |
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2024-02-21 (Notes) |
What Love Is: And What It Can Be by Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions What is love? Tagged: Love/Romance, 2024 |
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2024-01-23 (Notes) |
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End by Atul Gawande Being Mortal is a meditation on how people can better live with age-related frailty, serious illness, and approaching death. |
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2024-01-10 (Notes) |
Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls “helpful, stimulating, and very timely”, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary. |
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2023-12-09 (Notes) |
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokboki by Baek Seehee Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair. |
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2023-10-17 (List) |
A list of my favorite breweries grouped by personal enjoyment and quality of beer. Tagged: Food/Beverage, Beer, 2023 |
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2023-09-05 (List) |
A list of my favorite sandwiches. Tagged: Food/Beverage, 2023 |
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2023-09-05 (List) |
A list of places to see and eat at in Philadelphia. |
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2023-09-05 (List) |
A list of places to see and eat at in Dallas. |
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2023-09-05 (List) |
The best low calorie ice creams (very loose definition of low calorie). Tagged: Food/Beverage, 2023 |
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2023-09-05 (List) |
The best Diet/Zero sodas Tagged: Food/Beverage, 2023 |
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2023-08-17 (List) |
A list of cool book related places in the DMV area. |
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2023-08-17 (List) |
A list of cool spots in the DMV area if you enjoy craft beer. |
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2023-07-31 (Notes) |
A look into a few reasons of why online dating is weird and that you're right to think so. |
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2023-05-16 (List) |
A list of my favorite TV shows (Western TV, anime, K-Dramas). Tagged: Favorite Media, 2023 |
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2023-05-16 (List) |
A list of my favorite movies. Tagged: Favorite Media, 2023 |
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2023-05-16 (List) |
A list of my favorite books and book series. Tagged: Favorite Media, Reading, Books, 2023 |
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2023-05-16 (List) |
A list of my favorite albums (LPs + EPs). Tagged: Favorite Media, Music/Vinyl, 2023 |
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2023-05-12 (Notes) |
Identity and Culture in the Digital Age Panel A panel discussion with trailblazing AANHPI DMV-based content creators as they reflect on how identity and culture influence their digital content creation and messaging to a global network of followers. Tagged: Social Media, 2023 |
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2023-01-23 (List) |
A list of my personal ideal fast food orders. Tagged: Food/Beverage, 2023 |
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2023-01-09 (List) |
Places to Look When You Can't Find Your Other Sock Where'd my other sock go? Tagged: Miscellaneous, 2023 |
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2022-04-04 (Notes) |
The Moral Judgement of the Child by Jean Piaget The Moral Judgement of the Child traces children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -- or fail to learn -- the difference between right and wrong. |
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2021-07-11 (Notes) |
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life by Sissela Bok Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private life—in government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends. |
Posts By Tag
2021 (1)
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life by Sissela Bok
Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private life—in government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends.
2022 (1)
The Moral Judgement of the Child by Jean Piaget
The Moral Judgement of the Child traces children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -- or fail to learn -- the difference between right and wrong.
2023 (17)
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokboki by Baek Seehee
Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.
A list of my favorite breweries grouped by personal enjoyment and quality of beer.
A list of my favorite sandwiches.
A list of places to see and eat at in Philadelphia.
A list of places to see and eat at in Dallas.
The best low calorie ice creams (very loose definition of low calorie).
The best Diet/Zero sodas
A list of cool book related places in the DMV area.
A list of cool spots in the DMV area if you enjoy craft beer.
A look into a few reasons of why online dating is weird and that you're right to think so.
A list of my favorite TV shows (Western TV, anime, K-Dramas).
A list of my favorite movies.
A list of my favorite books and book series.
A list of my favorite albums (LPs + EPs).
Identity and Culture in the Digital Age Panel
A panel discussion with trailblazing AANHPI DMV-based content creators as they reflect on how identity and culture influence their digital content creation and messaging to a global network of followers.
A list of my personal ideal fast food orders.
Places to Look When You Can't Find Your Other Sock
Where'd my other sock go?
2024 (17)
Fitness Learnings and Opinions
A compilation of my fitness learnings and opinions that I have developed over time through personal experience and research.
Why are there so many right-wing grifters?
Conservative media seems to always involve fearmongering people and taking advantage of that. Why?
A list of my favorite musical artists across various genres.
Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change.
Some ways to make something vegan via substitution.
Item or ingredient food substitutions for vegan alternatives to popular foods.
A list of vegan snacks and low-prep meals for when I don't feel like cooking.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.
Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk Notes
Notes from Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk by Dr. Mark S. Komrad at Profs and Pints DC.
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as… doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process.
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at work, at school, at home and beyond.
The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen
The Other Significant Others is an exploration of long-term platonic relationships in their various forms.
The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas
How can we think more deeply about travel? This was the thought that inspired Emily Thomas to journey into the philosophy of travel, to explore the places where philosophy and travel intersect.
An exploration of the relationship of TikTok and music.
What Love Is: And What It Can Be by Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions What is love?
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End by Atul Gawande
Being Mortal is a meditation on how people can better live with age-related frailty, serious illness, and approaching death.
Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James
In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls “helpful, stimulating, and very timely”, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
2025 (13)
A list of my favorite film directors.
My notes on Dwarkesh Patel's interview of Andrej Karpathy.
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
Quarterlife is a defining work that offers a compassionate roadmap toward finding understanding, happiness, and wholeness in adulthood.
Philosophical Concepts Mentioned in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis
A list of philosophical concepts in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis, augmented by my recommended further readings.
A list of alt-proteins in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Vegan, Nut-Free, High-Protein Packaged Snacks
A list of snacks in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Based on the science of attachment, the book looks at the three basic types of attachment: avoidant, anxious, and secure.
My notes, analysis, and extension of thought on the wonderful article about Hermeneutic Labor by Ellie Anderson.
How does socialization occur?
What are conspiracy theories? Why do people engage with them? Can conspiracists be reasoned with?
Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility
What does neuroscience have to tell us about free will?
Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships by Jessica Fern & David Cooley
From the author of the best-selling Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, a next-level guide for people looking to build secure attachment in nonmonogamous relationships.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.
Artificial Intelligence (1)
My notes on Dwarkesh Patel's interview of Andrej Karpathy.
Beer (1)
A list of my favorite breweries grouped by personal enjoyment and quality of beer.
Books (17)
Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
Quarterlife is a defining work that offers a compassionate roadmap toward finding understanding, happiness, and wholeness in adulthood.
Philosophical Concepts Mentioned in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis
A list of philosophical concepts in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis, augmented by my recommended further readings.
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Based on the science of attachment, the book looks at the three basic types of attachment: avoidant, anxious, and secure.
Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships by Jessica Fern & David Cooley
From the author of the best-selling Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, a next-level guide for people looking to build secure attachment in nonmonogamous relationships.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.
Beyond Addiction eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as… doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process.
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at work, at school, at home and beyond.
The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen
The Other Significant Others is an exploration of long-term platonic relationships in their various forms.
The Meaning of Travel by Emily Thomas
How can we think more deeply about travel? This was the thought that inspired Emily Thomas to journey into the philosophy of travel, to explore the places where philosophy and travel intersect.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End by Atul Gawande
Being Mortal is a meditation on how people can better live with age-related frailty, serious illness, and approaching death.
Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James
In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls “helpful, stimulating, and very timely”, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokboki by Baek Seehee
Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.
A list of my favorite books and book series.
The Moral Judgement of the Child by Jean Piaget
The Moral Judgement of the Child traces children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -- or fail to learn -- the difference between right and wrong.
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life by Sissela Bok
Is it ever all right to lie? A philosopher looks at lying and deception in public and private life—in government, medicine, law, academia, journalism, in the family and between friends.
Cognitive Science (1)
Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility
What does neuroscience have to tell us about free will?
Dating (1)
A look into a few reasons of why online dating is weird and that you're right to think so.
Favorite Media (4)
A list of my favorite TV shows (Western TV, anime, K-Dramas).
A list of my favorite movies.
A list of my favorite books and book series.
A list of my favorite albums (LPs + EPs).
Feminism (1)
My notes, analysis, and extension of thought on the wonderful article about Hermeneutic Labor by Ellie Anderson.
Film (1)
A list of my favorite film directors.
Food/Beverage (10)
A list of alt-proteins in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Vegan, Nut-Free, High-Protein Packaged Snacks
A list of snacks in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Some ways to make something vegan via substitution.
Item or ingredient food substitutions for vegan alternatives to popular foods.
A list of vegan snacks and low-prep meals for when I don't feel like cooking.
A list of my favorite breweries grouped by personal enjoyment and quality of beer.
A list of my favorite sandwiches.
The best low calorie ice creams (very loose definition of low calorie).
The best Diet/Zero sodas
A list of my personal ideal fast food orders.
Love/Romance (1)
What Love Is: And What It Can Be by Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins
A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions What is love?
Mental Health (1)
Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk Notes
Notes from Assisted Suicide for Mental Illness Talk by Dr. Mark S. Komrad at Profs and Pints DC.
Miscellaneous (1)
Places to Look When You Can't Find Your Other Sock
Where'd my other sock go?
Music/Vinyl (3)
A list of my favorite musical artists across various genres.
An exploration of the relationship of TikTok and music.
A list of my favorite albums (LPs + EPs).
Non-monogamy (1)
Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships by Jessica Fern & David Cooley
From the author of the best-selling Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, a next-level guide for people looking to build secure attachment in nonmonogamous relationships.
Personal Fitness (1)
Fitness Learnings and Opinions
A compilation of my fitness learnings and opinions that I have developed over time through personal experience and research.
Philosophy (3)
Philosophical Concepts Mentioned in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis
A list of philosophical concepts in R.F. Kuang's Katabasis, augmented by my recommended further readings.
My notes, analysis, and extension of thought on the wonderful article about Hermeneutic Labor by Ellie Anderson.
Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility
What does neuroscience have to tell us about free will?
Places (4)
A list of places to see and eat at in Philadelphia.
A list of places to see and eat at in Dallas.
A list of cool book related places in the DMV area.
A list of cool spots in the DMV area if you enjoy craft beer.
Politics (2)
What are conspiracy theories? Why do people engage with them? Can conspiracists be reasoned with?
Why are there so many right-wing grifters?
Conservative media seems to always involve fearmongering people and taking advantage of that. Why?
Psychology (2)
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
Based on the science of attachment, the book looks at the three basic types of attachment: avoidant, anxious, and secure.
How does socialization occur?
Reading (1)
A list of my favorite books and book series.
Social Media (1)
Identity and Culture in the Digital Age Panel
A panel discussion with trailblazing AANHPI DMV-based content creators as they reflect on how identity and culture influence their digital content creation and messaging to a global network of followers.
Sociology (3)
My notes, analysis, and extension of thought on the wonderful article about Hermeneutic Labor by Ellie Anderson.
What are conspiracy theories? Why do people engage with them? Can conspiracists be reasoned with?
Why are there so many right-wing grifters?
Conservative media seems to always involve fearmongering people and taking advantage of that. Why?
Veganism (6)
A list of alt-proteins in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Vegan, Nut-Free, High-Protein Packaged Snacks
A list of snacks in order of best-to-worst CTP ratio.
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.
Some ways to make something vegan via substitution.
Item or ingredient food substitutions for vegan alternatives to popular foods.
A list of vegan snacks and low-prep meals for when I don't feel like cooking.