Jimmy Chen

Jimmy Chen

Shanghai, China
Oct
21
How I’d change compulsory education

How I’d change compulsory education

Most people would agree that today’s compulsory education systems are not great. I think there are some things that
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Oct
20
Trust and NFTs

Trust and NFTs

I think that trust, or the lack thereof, has been responsible for the greatest cost to society overall. So many
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Oct
19
Some interview advice

Some interview advice

Many students are currently going through interviews for their R1 applications, so today I'll briefly discuss what I
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Oct
18
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address

In approximately two hours, Apple will host a product release event. Randomly, I thought of Steve Jobs, who passed away
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Oct
17
Ages 5-75: What’s your biggest regret?

Ages 5-75: What’s your biggest regret?

Last month, I wrote a post about the regrets of the dying [https://jimmychen.blog/inverting-the-regrets-of-the-dying/]. Since then, I'
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Oct
16
The changing season

The changing season

As I write this, it’s currently 15 degrees Celsius in Shanghai. As recently as a few days ago, I
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Oct
15
The 80/20 rule

The 80/20 rule

More than a century ago, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle] discovered that approximately
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Oct
14
Time management from a chronic procrastinator

Time management from a chronic procrastinator

I think one of my main weaknesses is my propensity to put things off indefinitely, or until the last minute
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Oct
13
Email templates

Email templates

One of the most frequent things I'm asked to do for friends is to help them proofread their
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Oct
12
Bookworm

Bookworm

I learned from a friend today that a second-hand English bookstore/bar/cafe existed in Beijing (with branches in Suzhou
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