A Fake Memory of AugustWhen my family and I made our long-awaited return to the city of Shenyang in the summer of 2010, my parents were concerned with the matter…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Reflections on the NBA seasonLast August, I decided that I was going to follow this NBA season as closely as I could. Partly, I was motivated by Lebron’s arrival in…May 26, 2019May 26, 2019
Alexa, Lorde, and the magic of serendipityAre smart speakers stupid and useless? As someone whose job it is to develop apps for the Google Home, it feels like an admission of…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
The Rise and Fall of “China Has Hip-Hop”Early in the summer of 2017, the executive team at iQiYi, one of the largest video-streaming platforms in China, consulted with an in-house…Feb 4, 2018Feb 4, 2018
On Bonobos(This is not a post about pants). Quick disclaimer that while I tried to present only scientifically accurate information here, some of the…Jan 29, 20182Jan 29, 20182
An Open-minded Inquiry into How a Person Could Possibly Believe that the Earth is FlatOn the evening of January 24, 2016, the rapper B.o.B., previously best known for a string of pop-rap smash hits like “Nothin’ on You” and…Jan 25, 2018Jan 25, 2018
On the Agony and Bliss of Kesha’s “Praying”Each year I notice that I have fewer and fewer memories of childhood. The ones that remain are those that I like to revisit — like the…Jan 18, 2018Jan 18, 2018
Is Health Care a Human Right?I first got interested in this topic when some of my medical student friends posted on Facebook early last summer in support of the New…Jan 11, 2018Jan 11, 2018
