Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
Safia Elhillo - Alien Suite
youtube.comDespite the fact that climate change is a pressing concern with material and immediate negative health effects, to put it mildly, it is not of interest to many of the people who are in control of where money and research attention are flowing. There is this idea that climate change can be easily solved, and we already know how to do it. So once... See more
Who Gets to Live Forever? A Conversation about Biotechno-solutionism with Tamara Kneese and Santiago Sanchez
The world is combinatorially weird and fractally interesting. And therefore, omnivorous curiosity is the only proper response. ... let’s optimize instead for the interesting, the strange, and the weird. Ideas and topics that ignite our curiosity are worthy of our attention, because they might lead to advances and insights that we can’t anticipate.
📡 No.317 — From utopian Star Trek to absurdist Douglas Adams? ⊗ How to fix “AI’s original sin” ⊗ Islands of coherence
mahpiohanzia n. the disappointment of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the ballast of your own weight and ignited the fuel tank of unfulfilled desires you've been storing up since before you were born.
onism n. the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only
... See moreKaraoke, Presentation nights, themes drinking games, parties across different rooms (each room has its own theme and games), dress up evenings,
costume parties etc
It’s been humbling at times, learning how I might come across to people who don’t yet know me, and also exhilarating to realize that there are still so many more people to meet who can make life feel bigger and more interesting.
tiya’s love letters
History is not inert but contains within it a story that implicates or justifies political order... A political order is premised not just on who can vote but on what they can vote for, which is to say on what can be imagined. And our political imagination is rooted in our history, our culture, and our myths.... See more
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Politics is the art of the
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
As you let the possibility of merging your career and your passion live in your mind, I’ve tried to distill the patterns that I’ve observed into a series of questions:
Will you use this opportunity to grow and evolve or will you use it to beat yourself up?
How will you avoid insecurity work?
Can you learn to enjoy the process as the end in itself,... See more
Will you use this opportunity to grow and evolve or will you use it to beat yourself up?
How will you avoid insecurity work?
Can you learn to enjoy the process as the end in itself,... See more