It is the 21st century. Please, send me electronic instead of paper documents.
Meanwhile, I wonder if there is a way to automatically bounce all incoming physical mails back to the original senders.
2015-04-10
2015-03-25
Kowtow
If you are a university professor and you boast on social networks about sending your students to other schools for higher degrees, you are essentially acknowledging that you (and your school) are not as good.
2015-03-07
Why living forever is probably a bad idea
Even if under optimal physical, mental, and social status:
. It will eventually become very boring.
. One cannot participate in evolution and thus becomes inferior (barring technology like dynamic genetic splicing).
. If the universe eventually ends it will drag you down to some unknown horrible state.
Reincarnation, or some form of jumping between different intelligent species, seems much more fun.
🙂
2014-12-08
2014-11-26
Why Silicon Valley does not trust guys in suits
It is a sign of conformity and misplaced priority.
2014-11-25
2014-11-23
Why I never go to class reunions
I want to remember all of you as innocent, beautiful, and hopeful.
2014-09-18
Gecko brothers
Better walk to hell at our free will than ascend to heaven under God’s command.
2014-07-17
Constructive criticism
Criticisms can help us improve, but only if they contain constructive information.
Some examples:
Useless criticism: this result is unacceptable.
Constructive criticism: this result is unacceptable because it contains this specific form of artifacts.
Useless criticism: this presentation is uninteresting.
Constructive criticism: this presentation is uninteresting because I do not care topic X and would rather hear more about topic Y.
As a recipient, I feel excited about constructive criticisms, even if they are harsh or contain personal attacks. In contrast, I usually ignore non-constructive comments because they provide nothing I can act upon.
Non-constructive criticisms are a waste of time at best, and look like whining at worst.