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answering a feeling of urgency
what is the most urgent, fruitful, and challenging intellectual work I can take on as a writer?
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suicidal intelligence
my current stance on using AI to create
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I write my nieces a heartfelt letter
play as much as you can, labor from a place of love, and do not be afraid of death
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failing and sailing towards my dream
a vivid unraveling of what I embodied as a child and a reconstruction of who I am as an adult
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the Asian compulsion
how the Asian mind (or perhaps just this Asian mind) works
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a conversation on design and responsibility with Sir Jony Ive
If I am anxious, you can see the anxiety in what I design, he said ruefully. I feel similarly about my writing.
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the fear of missing out
I find myself increasingly worried that I might be missing out on a more emotionally and creatively rich life
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making meaning from feelings
covering broad topics: technology, human rights, democracy, feminism, capitalism, decoloniality and colonialism, the Indian-American experience, and media
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