Personal Reflections
Containing posts discussing larger issues of life, meaning, purpose, and other similar subjective topics.
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Dependency & Obligation
Who do we allow to depend on us? I’ve been struggling with this question a lot lately. It’s been brought on by two recent unexpected deaths, as well as the more mundane struggle of balancing obligations to work with obligations to friends,… Continue reading
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The Purpose of New York
Everyone on the trains always look so sad… – Dianne Dianne is a particularly special friend of mine, from long ago and far away. She recently wrapped up her undergrad career at a particularly unfortunate safety school, and is in New… Continue reading
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Turn to Tech
Sorry this blog has been so silent. From February through April, I was participating in the intensive programming course at the Flatiron School. It was fairly all-consuming, demanding about twelve hours of attention per day, and some weekends. It was… Continue reading
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The Young Jews of New York
Nearly five months in New York, and I feel like I’ve started to get acquainted with some of the social worlds humming and shifting in this city. The civic technologists, urban planners, activists, med students, jewish philanthropists, and orthodox. Getting… Continue reading
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Against Music
Listening to music on a music player is like taking hits of a drug. You seek out some feeling, delivered on-demand from the little device hooked up to your ears. How is this different from any other drug? Our music players… Continue reading
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Shifting Perceptions, Shifting Personality
It’s interesting, noticing the ways our environments shape us. I’ve begun working at an office, a pretty classy kind of place. Smart people, sharp dressers, hard workers. When I got there, I went on a full-scale charm offensive — trying… Continue reading
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Powerless
Someone stole my laptop charger yesterday. In an unusual twist of dramatic ambience, I was literally powerless. What an apt metaphor for my first three weeks in New York. I’ve been making it mostly on luck, some savings, the goodwill… Continue reading
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Unpacking an Adage
People always say you learn more from your failures than your successes. But they never say why, which I always found vaguely disappointing. It just supposed to “feel” truthful, right, for some reason we can’t quite pin down. But here’s… Continue reading
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