Navigating the intricate link between economic choices and social status. Perception Social status, a concept that has been omnipresent throughout human history, is an essential part of how we perceive ourselves and others. It is an elusive phenomenon that reflects a person’s position within a social hierarchy based on wealth, occupation, education, and other factors.…More
How We Treat Kids
Kids are tough. Kids’ reactions make sense. Kids care. Summary The way in which adults treat kids is, in my opinion, one of the most important things we should be focusing on as a society. Kids build up mental models of how the world works. If important adult figures, like parents and teachers, fail to…More
Reading as a Vanity Metric
Ficciones by Jorge Jorge Luis Borges is a collection of short stories containing a broad spectrum of themes ranging from sci-fi to philosophy. It is clear that books and films following its publication in 1962 have taken direct inspiration from the worlds Borges creates in only a few pages. Inception is undoubtedly inspired by one short story, The Circular Ruins, which introduces the notion of dreams within dreams. People claim to have read Ficciones’ short stories, but, as far as I can tell, few people understand them.More
Adeel Hasan 