Aug
12
How I (used to) travel
I miss traveling. Or more accurately, I miss relocating to different cities
around the world with just a backpack and
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Latest
Aug
11
The QS World Universities Ranking, explained
The QS World Universities Ranking has a reputation for being inaccurate.
However, I think there’s some value in understanding
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Aug
10
Redundancy
Imagine that you’re on the way home after a night out, you’ve parted ways with
your friends, and
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Aug
09
The increasing weight of the Marvel universe
(Spoilers ahead. Stop reading if you’re interested in watching Loki and don’t
want to know what happens.)
I
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Aug
08
Our tendency towards inaction (and what to do about it)
On April 24, I made a note to buy new bath towels because my current ones hadn’t
been replaced
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Aug
07
Munger Models: Opportunity Cost
My post today is about the constant consideration of opportunity cost, which is
one of Charlie Munger’s “mental models”
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Aug
06
My 2021 health plan
My health is very poor. My last physical checkup was in December 2019, and the
results were depressing:
My levels
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Aug
05
Jimmy’s favorite cities
As I hypothesized in a previous blog post
[https://jimmychen.blog/happy-city-happy-life/], where we choose to call home is
an
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Aug
04
Will robots eat your lunch?
I’ve been re-reading Physics of the Future
[https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Future-Science-Shape-Destiny/dp/0307473333/] by
Michio Kaku, and found
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Aug
03
How to research graduate programs
Today's post is for readers who are applying to graduate school. Since graduate
applications consulting is how I
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