I, like most of the population, have been binging on Black Mirror. If you have seen the series, you know some episodes revolve around the creation and use of smarter, improved artificial intelligence, or AI. […]
If you’ve ever been in a group project — and you probably have, since they’re practically inescapable — you might find that you fall into one of the tropes: The one who does all the […]
I am sick of pseudoscience. Let me clarify: I am sick of the phenomenon of replacing what we can term “real” science with its largely quack-based and/or vapid counterpart. There is nothing wrong with getting […]
In the face of tragedy, every person copes with shock and grief in a different way. Some people, quite understandably, withdraw into themselves for careful contemplation and grieving. Some find satisfaction in tears shed. Some […]
“Lather, rinse, repeat.” This shampoo-inspired regimen is an apt metaphor for many of life’s processes and cycles, not the least of which being the American gun control debate. Here, the “lather” step would involve a […]
In society, there are several problems that are easy to state in ideological terms, but nearly intractable to solve policy-wise. These difficult problems mostly relate to structural inequalities that exist in our society — housing, […]
Last week, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah ran a segment in which host Trevor Noah complained that there was simply too much negative political news for him to cover it all. The news had […]
During any given hell week, the most common question I ask myself is inevitably, “How much does this matter?” It is a nice, versatile question. At its most direct, it is the prompt for a […]
He, she, they, we, her, him, them, why? Why does it matter so much? The onset of multiple gender identities has caused an onslaught of confusion and tension within people. People asking: What am I? […]
The social justice movement has worked to bring awareness and solutions to issues of race, ethnicity, social class and gender, among others. One hallmark of the social justice movement is call-out culture, where someone publicly […]
The first Monday back from winter break I attended a national championship party at a friend’s apartment. I knew the game was going to be intense, the snacks would be top-notch and I was going […]
I remember being taught about the three modes of persuasion in my high school English class. Essentially, there are ethos, logos and pathos, where ethos is an ethical appeal, logos is a logical appeal and […]
By the time this is published, several weeks will have passed since what I will call “The Most Depressing Lecture I Have Ever Attended.” The lecture was in an international affairs class, and the topic […]