We’re pretty good in addressing crises. How can we borrow from that playbook to address problems that don’t exist yet? (Part I)
2026-06-19
A taxonomy of crises, and how we can do better
Writing
AI as an individual right vs. a collective public good.
2026-05-31
My case for why treating access to AI as an individual right is not a sufficient approach, and why we should consider investing in AI as a public good.
On introspection
2026-05-21
My reaction to Park & Millora's 2012 paper on the effects of reflection on students' character development and psychological well-being.
On building a portfolio of work
2026-05-13
One of my biggest takeaways from my first year of college.
Looking back on Spring 2026 - Learning & Reflections
2026-05-07
My second semester at Duke
Stop Talking to AI and Start Directing It: How to use XML tags to better structure prompts and responses
2026-04-17
Use XML tags in your AI prompting to make for more useful.
How do you make a moral case to deal with climate change?
2026-04-11
Is there a right way to package environmental advocacy?
Mirages of Development: The ineffectiveness of Chinese investments in African energy
2026-04-02
Why Chinese investment in African energy infrastructure won't do much good for Africa, and how it can do better.
The Passion Delta - Last Week Tonight #9
2026-03-22
Reflections on a meaningful career from my trip to Washington DC
7 cortisol tips and protocols to have energetic days and restful nights: Lessons from Dr. Andrew Huberman
2026-03-13
Optimising cortisol cycles in your body.
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan: My thoughts
2026-03-09
A fantastic book examining whether civilization as we think of it is a myth.
What explains African economic underdevelopment?
2026-03-06
Institutions? Economics? Perhaps it's a history of colonialism.
Happiness in Singapore Part I: Why do we need a politics of happiness?
2026-03-06
Is happiness really the job of governments? Is not happiness an individual pursuit?
Coase Theorem and Effective Altruism - Last Week Tonight #8
2026-03-01
How can we resolve conflicts through Coasean bargaining? What is Effective Altruism?
Child Sponsorship - Last Week Tonight #7
2026-02-23
What are the effects of Child Sponsorship in Africa?
The Far Right, Greenhouse Gases, Language in Decolonization - Last Week Tonight #6
2026-02-15
What can we learn about how the far right governs? How does productivity correlate with greenhouse gases? Can language perpetuate neocolonialism?
Chinese aid in Africa, and the right incentives to promote sustainable energy generation — Last Week Tonight #5
2026-02-08
Has Chinese aid been a net positive to Africa? How do we promote sustainable energy generation?
Building pharma capacity in Africa, and possibilities for a qualitative turn in research — Last Week Tonight #4
2026-02-01
What are the core issues hindering pharmaceutical capacity in Africa? What, really, is the 'human essence' in research?
Rhetoric's role in society, Ecological Destruction in the Sahel, and a Snowy Weekend — Last Week Tonight #3
2026-01-25
What role does rhetoric play in societies? What explains the Sahel Famine in the late 1960s?
Development, Climate Action Calls, Third Spaces — Last Week Tonight #2
2026-01-18
The history of development efforts and ideas for a better way forward in climate action.
Climate Anxiety - Last Week Tonight #1
2026-01-10
The tension between optimism and pessimism in climate advocacy
Why I’m taking the courses I’m taking in Spring 2026
2026-01-06
A short writeup about what I'm studying this semester, and why.
Healing after Horrors: Restorative processes in transitional justice
2026-01-05
Can we use restorative justice in dealing with the worst of crimes?
Do we need Restorative Justice?
2025-12-23
Part 1: Why might Restorative Justice be useful?
Rhetoric, Power and Contemplation in the Gorgias (Plato)
2025-11-06
A book I read for my Philosophy class in Fall 2025
What makes Scandinavia so happy?
2025-11-06
The second installment of my gap year reflections.
Happy Days in the Himalayas
2025-10-28
The three weeks I spent hiking in Nepal
Singapore's response to Structural Discrimination: the Ethnic Integration Policy
2025-10-28
Economic theory, and a reflection on Singapore's Ethnic Integration Policy.
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