Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
How can each piece of ‘writing’ be more than the sum of its parts? In broadening this view of time, I find particular resonance in the text 10 Theses on the Archive, written by founding members of the Public Access Digital Media Archive (Pad.ma). “Don’t wait for the archive,” they say to us, because: “To not wait for the archive is to enter the... See more
Explosive Elasticity of the Self
Maria Popova • 15-Year-Old Susan Sontag on the Explosive Elasticity of the Self
We navigate the unknown frontiers of the social universe through a sextant of existing relationships — nearly every new person we meet is within only a few degrees of separation from someone we already know. But every once in a while, pure chance intercedes to remind us that whatever structures of control we may put into place, however much we may
... See moreGreat section on governance instruments used globally
The idea that someone’s personal proclivities attached to a particular stage in life can shape an entire ecology of investments, philanthropy, and research funding is alarming.
Who Gets to Live Forever? A Conversation about Biotechno-solutionism with Tamara Kneese and Santiago Sanchez
The Trouble with Passion also raises more existential questions about the prioritization of passion among career decision-makers.
What does it mean to center paid employment in one's self-reflexive project?
How does it perpetuate a culture of overwork and close off other meaning-making opportunities? And in what ways might the popularity of the
... See moregrowth feels uncomfortable because you've outgrown the old ways of being within yourself, and the new ways of being still aren't familiar so they feel unsafe. at the same time, there are parts of your old self that you miss, but also fear of a new chapter because you've never done it before.
i know that once this period of distress is over, good
... See moreAnd finally, this one, my very favorite:
“ Work harder at making the familiar strange . Walk or drive a different route than your daily routine; work away from your desk; read something flamboyantly irrelevant; call someone you don’t need to call; look up at the sky instead of the concrete. When you turn back to your routine, it will feel... See more
Rob Walker • Hi, Resolution
People pass through our lives and change us, tilting our orbit with their own. Sometimes, if the common gravitational center is strong enough, they return, they stay. Sometimes they travel on. But they change us all the same.