Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference -Robert Frost- Since I’ve taken an unorthodox approach to life since I was born, there’s been so many experiences that I’ve been through, I sometimes forget most of them. Talking to people older…
Language defines how we perceive and interact with everything and everyone. The ability to form sentences that impart complex meanings is one of the reasons for our species’ success. When you want to travel or live abroad, language is one of the most important aspects to consider, since it can pose…
I recently found this lecture by Alan Watts and I found it to be very inspiring. What do you desire? What makes you itch? What sort of a situation would you like? I do this often in vocational guidance for students, they come to me and say “Well, um, we’re getting out of college soon and we haven’t…
Nobody tells people who are beginners, is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there’s a gap. For the first couple of years what you’re making isn’t so good, it’s trying to be good, it has the ambition to be good, but it’s not quite that good. But your…
There is a famous metaphysical thought experiment called the Ship of Theseus. Theseus himself is a figure in greek mythology, a hero who adventured throughout the world before he became the king of Athens. He did many great deeds, but we are here to talk about his boat (note that I use the terms sh…
What was the loudest sound ever heard in history? Well, most Indonesians are probably familiar with the volcano island of Krakatau, or Krakatoa as it's known in the rest of the world. But I don’t think many of us actually realize that the volcanic eruption that occurred there was actually the bigge…
“Language is the foundation of civilization, it is the glue that holds people together, it is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.” Arrival is a science fiction movie released in 2016. I think I watched it in the theatre with some friends, but I still remember the movie quite fondly even now. Scie…
“Reason is the slave of passion” David Hume was an influential 18th century philosopher/historian who is famous for his works developing the early forms of skepticism, empiricism, and inductive reasoning. He was influenced by great thinkers before him like Isaac Newton and John Locke, Hume built hi…
We all have those days when it’s hard to get motivation to do the things we need to do, and at the end of the day you look back and realize you haven’t really done much of anything. Especially in this seemingly never-ending pandemic where we’re all stuck inside our homes, it’s easy to fall back to…
The world is an amazingly beautiful and colourful place, we can find all shades of the rainbow in plants and animals, but if you think about it, one particular colour is exceedingly rare to find (besides the ocean and the sky), and that colour is blue. There is a butterfly around my house that flas…
It can be tiring sometimes. With so much work to do, and expectations from everyone around you to perform at your best at all times. It can be exhausting. Sometimes, what we need is to take a break. Just taking some time to reflect and quietly contemplate your life can do wonders for your mental he…
It’s just over the horizon, a new age of computing. Though the technological innovation of the last decade is astounding, the introduction of Quantum Computers can completely change the playing field. What makes Quantum Computers so special? Modern processors relay information as bits, which can ex…