19 tulisan
We all procrastinate sometimes, it’s just human nature. But some of us are definitely worse about handling it than others, and that includes me. I think most procrastinators have this sort of “all or nothing” mindset, where we either give 100% effort in short bursts of productive energy, or we just…
“People are feeling alone together, in their lighted ship against the darkness of all that was yet to come” Nighthawks is a painting completed on January 21st 1942 by Edward Hopper, a prolific painter in the realist style. The date in which this painting was done is important because of the histori…
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…
For today I’d like to talk about some cognitive biases that we’ve probably all done at some point. Us human beings are actually not very good at assessing our own abilities accurately. Generally, we tend to overestimate our capabilities, judging ourselves to be above average in many things such as…
The concept of automation should not be unfamiliar to all of us nowadays. Lots of processes in factories and such are automated by the technologies of today. Tasks that used to be performed by humans can now be done by robots and computers. Most of the tasks done by machines nowadays are those that…
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.I didn’t feel like a giant, I felt very, very small” -Neil Armstrong- It’s mind-blowing to realize that all of human history has taken place on this s…
It has been a while since I’ve written anything that I didn’t have to. Every so often my father would ask me to write again, since it used to be a good habit of mine back at school. But when you’ve stopped doing something for a long time, it’s always very difficult to pick it up again because you’r…