Time
Time is such an exciting concept, amazingly challenging to understand even for the greatest philosophers and physicians. I think Socrates said 2500 years ago that time is the most difficult concept for us to understand. “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit […]
How I view myself
When walking my parents’ dog and throwing a tennis ball for him to chase, I used to think of his decision to run after the ball as very different from my own decisions in life. He seems to be running automatically as a natural response to the ball being thrown right in front of him. […]
Where is the manual?
Listening to the popular Swedish song from a few years ago called ‘Instruktionsboken‘, or ‘The Manual‘ in English, made me think about how to perceive morality. The song is about searching for the manual of life, without ever finding it despite desperate attempts. Does such a manual exist? Many people suggest that the manual is […]
The Organization of a Western Democracy
When I hear the term ‘organization’, I see a picture of a large enterprise, controlled by leaders at different ranks based on a traditional hierarchical pyramid structure. The leaders are the board, the CEO, and the set of managers throughout the organization. These leaders serve the purpose of controlling the inferior through a variety of […]
When are people happiest
In health economics, some measurements and evaluations of healthcare policies implicitly assume people are happiest around the age of 25. This means that a policy that saves the life of someone who has already experienced their 20s is worth less than a policy that saves the life of a child. I wonder when people actually […]
It was a good day
My thoughts today mostly circle around the fact that my application for a new apartment got accepted and I am moving in next week! Furthermore, I just recorded and uploaded my first skating video on Youtube. In summary, it was a good day.
Template for Cover Letter
General ideas I like to write my cover letter with a similar perception to when I write any paper. I view it like an hourglass; I start off broadly, narrow it down in the middle, and end broad again. This means that I try to introduce myself as a person, intentionally not relating it to […]
Template for Resume
General ideas I try to only select the most relevant experiences in my resume. Under each experience, I try to explain what relevant skills I have learned from it, and emphasize that I think most of my previous projects have been great. I am pretty open with what kinds of experiences I choose to add […]
Are we Traveling or listening to Music?
I think of the purpose of life as something underivable and subjective in nature. Whether it is enlightenment, reaching nirvana, or anything else, I think it is important how one could perceive the personal subjective goal of life. Maybe the purpose of life is not like traveling, where the sole purpose of the journey is […]
How biased are our senses?
I have listened to cognitive psychology professor Donald Hoffman quite a bit. He has given many lectures and talks on how our senses and neurological system may be presenting us with a biased version of reality. It is interesting to think about how far off we potentially could be, given how little we currently know […]