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
Trust and NFTs
I think that trust, or the lack thereof, has been responsible for the greatest
cost to society overall.
So many
Some interview advice
Many students are currently going through interviews for their R1 applications,
so today I'll briefly discuss what I
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
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'
The changing season
As I write this, it’s currently 15 degrees Celsius in Shanghai. As recently as a
few days ago, I
The 80/20 rule
More than a century ago, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle] discovered that approximately
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
Email templates
One of the most frequent things I'm asked to do for friends is to help them
proofread their
Bookworm
I learned from a friend today that a second-hand English bookstore/bar/cafe
existed in Beijing (with branches in Suzhou
