https://glyphsandgraphs.com Essays and journeys by Naveen Srivatsav. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-the-significance-of-communicating-about-processeshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-the-significance-of-communicating-about-processesSun, 31 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMTimagine processes as systematic forces bringing about change beyond/beneath individual human scales of comprehension. processes are not descriptors that are associated with the object being observed, they are the system itself. the name of the system is merely a tag for discovering all relevant processes. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/jtplf53vo7mgpp73udctp3fjkw63lchttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/jtplf53vo7mgpp73udctp3fjkw63lcThu, 19 May 2022 12:00:00 GMTin case you were looking where songs are born https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/l5bq96o9w3vv9kfbtrj03sc4v8lodghttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/l5bq96o9w3vv9kfbtrj03sc4v8lodgWed, 18 May 2022 12:00:00 GMTit's happening on our watch am I part of the cause or the solution? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ode-to-thich-nhat-hanhhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ode-to-thich-nhat-hanhSat, 22 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMTthank you dear teacher who i’ve never once met https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/magnet-poetry-there-is-yet-lighthttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/magnet-poetry-there-is-yet-lightMon, 10 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMTas the shadow of summer aches on we sing delirious in our bare garden let the love of beauty mean there is yet light https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-future-we-choose-a-climate-activists-primerhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-future-we-choose-a-climate-activists-primerThu, 06 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMTThe Future We Choose is written by Christiana Figueres (a personal hero who architected the foundations for the unprecedented Paris Agreement), and Tom Rivett-Carnac (founding partner at Global Optimism). https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/peter-pan-a-jungian-exploration-of-adolescencehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/peter-pan-a-jungian-exploration-of-adolescenceSun, 02 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMTI’m just going to come out and say it - I unabashedly love this 2003 rendition of Peter Pan to bits. Everything from the casting and score, to the screenplay and special effects, comes together in a beautiful self-contained bundle of movie magic. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/curb-your-enthusiasm-litigating-every-clause-in-the-social-contracthttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/curb-your-enthusiasm-litigating-every-clause-in-the-social-contractWed, 15 Dec 2021 12:00:00 GMTI've been binge-watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, which I think is really funny. But when my wife asked me where the humour was, I couldn't really give her a clear answer. So in this essay, I'd like to explore that for a bit. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/finding-the-fable-in-ww1984-seeing-through-the-lies-of-wetikohttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/finding-the-fable-in-ww1984-seeing-through-the-lies-of-wetikoSun, 21 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMTI assert that WW1984 is trying to tell an interesting postmodern fable: namely that the wisdom required to know oneself deeply, and the discipline to face the truth and the courage to follow through with the consequences, are all elements of the heroic path. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-truth-is-a-pathless-landhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-truth-is-a-pathless-landSat, 30 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMTThe sole task of the truth seeker is thus to learn to recognise truth when they see it, and not be deceived by prettier illusions. The truth is and will always remain a pathless land. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/squid-game-putting-a-price-on-human-dignityhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/squid-game-putting-a-price-on-human-dignitySun, 17 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMTYet another Netflix viral sensation has landed - I'm talking about the Korean psychological-thriller series Squid Game. With funding and creative freedom from Netflix, Squid Game pushes the boundaries of the “Battle Royale” genre, with a steady-handed maturity at handling its core themes even if it doesn’t surprise its viewers with sheer novelty. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-best-stories-are-complete-lieshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-best-stories-are-complete-liesTue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMTthe best stories are outrageous lies the best lies tell bitter truths https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-revenant-exploring-the-psychology-of-survivalhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-revenant-exploring-the-psychology-of-survivalFri, 24 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMTI just had the pleasure of re-watching The Revenant, almost 5 years since its initial release. All those memories and impressions came flooding right back. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/p1fxdlkp3cnwfpt2azzh4uk1cgmpzghttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/p1fxdlkp3cnwfpt2azzh4uk1cgmpzgSat, 07 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMTI was pleasantly surprised at how good Sleeping Dogs really is. The quickest way to describe Sleeping Dogs is to say it’s a lot like Grand Theft Auto but set in Hong Kong, with a story about an undercover cop embedded in the local mafia. This description would be good enough for most gamers to figure out what to expect from the gameplay. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thoughts-on-digital-originalshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thoughts-on-digital-originalsMon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMTI wrote the following response to a email from a VC friend in 2016, about an idea involving special limited edition digital e-books that could be sold at a significant premium on a blockchain. In some sense, this is directly comparable to the recent buzz about NFTs in the art world. Have a read! https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-visual-impression-of-a-psychedelic-triphttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-visual-impression-of-a-psychedelic-tripFri, 05 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMTPut together a few of my pieces in a “chronology” of sorts to visually impart the various stages of a psychedelic trip. YMMV :P https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-review-of-the-outer-worldshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-review-of-the-outer-worldsSat, 31 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMTThe Outer Worlds by Obsidian Entertainment brings back the best elements of the genre of deep immersive role-playing games (RPGs), and then goes a bit further. Let's be honest, The Outer Worlds is better marketed as an interactive novel - very much in the same vein of Choose Your Own Adventure books from decades past. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/looking-out-from-borges-libraryhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/looking-out-from-borges-libraryThu, 22 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMTLately I've been feeling this overwhelming sense of obviousness, for lack of a better word, accompanied by a complete lack of surprise. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing... https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/my-climate-storyhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/my-climate-storySun, 26 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMTAn interesting question that comes up in the Climate Reality training I’m currently doing, in essence asking “what is your personal story that is at the core of your environmentalism?”. I found the question to be refreshing and evocative. The following is my answer. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-cancel-culturehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-cancel-cultureTue, 21 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMTIt’s a culture war alright, and it's just the beginning. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/3-reasons-why-the-overpopulation-argument-is-ecotrashhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/3-reasons-why-the-overpopulation-argument-is-ecotrashTue, 23 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMTNot a proper beginning-middle-end essay, but a compilation of thoughts on the topic of overpopulation as a diagnosis for climate change. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-fleeting-point-of-languagehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-fleeting-point-of-languageWed, 03 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMTA poem inspired by meditating on asemic art, which is “a wordless open semantic style of writing which often appears as abstract or illegible writing.” https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/injustice-is-whenhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/injustice-is-whenSun, 10 May 2020 12:00:00 GMTinjustice is now all around you https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-will-the-collapse-look-likehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-will-the-collapse-look-likeThu, 19 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMTwhat will the collapse look like? will the ground finally give way and devour us in its cosmic maw? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-letter-to-a-young-doctorhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-letter-to-a-young-doctorWed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMTWrote a quick poem to congratulate a friend for successfully defending his PhD thesis. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/wedding-eve-apostrophehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/wedding-eve-apostropheMon, 14 Oct 2019 12:00:00 GMTWhy do they say you fall in love? As if you just happen to stumble into a void, no doubt lured to the edge by some trick of the light that catches your eye, or so it seems at least. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/prayer-to-the-actors-maskshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/prayer-to-the-actors-masksSat, 20 Jul 2019 12:00:00 GMTdon’t fear your masks, use them well https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/caveats-to-democracyhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/caveats-to-democracyFri, 28 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTDemocracy is as the joke goes, the least worst option. I'm cynical not because democracy is inherently flawed but because it represents a kind of cognitive outsourcing of long-term large-scale planning to the hands of the many. There is serious work required for a citizen to have an opinion, and honestly we are *not* seeing that at this moment. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-the-design-of-social-interventions-under-complexityhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/on-the-design-of-social-interventions-under-complexitySun, 23 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTThe wisdom of the dictum “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” holds true. Thus the PATH methology is recommended as a systematic method to design, test, measure, learn and scale working solutions in an evidence-based manner. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-simplest-definition-of-a-memehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-simplest-definition-of-a-memeSun, 23 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTToday's train of thought is the idea that "sending a message" is perhaps the simplest identifier/definition of a meme. A meme is anything that is involved in sending a message - carrier, payload, by-product, catalyst, parasite, medium, agent... https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-is-the-clockhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-is-the-clockSat, 22 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTA short meditation on the relentless advance of time, made visceral in the form of the clock. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thoughts-on-complexityhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thoughts-on-complexityFri, 14 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTI thought it was fairly well-accepted that all models are wrong, some can be useful. Conceptually we should indeed be comfortable with the notion that there are inextricable interconnections and unknown unknowns and if that weren’t enough, the dynamics of how other agents will respond within the system over time. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/all-i-want-is-a-littlehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/all-i-want-is-a-littleMon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMTI’m going to say this here because I don’t know where else to say it. I think we and our society are animated by our questions, but that is both our gift and curse. Where are our questions leading us, and what questions might we ask to get to where we want to be? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/amor-fatihttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/amor-fatiFri, 31 May 2019 12:00:00 GMTOde to one of Nietzsche’s most sublime articulations - the notion of amor fati. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/there-is-no-ihttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/there-is-no-iThu, 14 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMTYet another short poem on the age-old pitfalls of samsara. Meant more as a note to self than anyone else. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ryse-son-of-rome-a-fable-for-systems-thinkinghttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ryse-son-of-rome-a-fable-for-systems-thinkingMon, 11 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMTMy review for RYSE in one sentence: come for the spectacle on the surface, stay a while to reveal the fable within. And what a strange surprising fable it is - a tale illustrating the necessity of systems thinking. How? Read on and find out. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/sing-weave-and-dancehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/sing-weave-and-danceTue, 29 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMTA poem inspired by the endless horror of reading day after day the effects of man’s actions on Earth in the Anthropocene. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-good-neighbourhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-good-neighbourFri, 14 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMTI recently watched a documentary called “Won’t You Be My Neighbour?”, whose subject is a certain Fred Rogers. What was surprising to me as a long-time fan of the man even though I’ve never seen the original programme myself, was the depth of the subject matter discussed in each episode and the philosophy that underpinned the core message. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/atlanta-looking-blackness-in-the-eyehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/atlanta-looking-blackness-in-the-eyeFri, 07 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMTAtlanta is a TV series which eschews the steady pace of a narrative arc for irreverent non sequitur explorations of various themes within the thematic context of being black in America. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ode-to-the-discoverers-of-immortalityhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/ode-to-the-discoverers-of-immortalityTue, 04 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMTA brief homage to the first artists. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/whywritereviewshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/whywritereviewsSun, 02 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMTIf we can agree that most reviews have a shorter lifetime than the media they reference, then is there any benefit to taking the time to review something? I think so. We might ask what drives a person to write a review in the first place? Or maybe we should inquire what makes a reader seek out a review instead. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/project-complexcity-a-manual-for-collaborative-complexity-engineeringhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/project-complexcity-a-manual-for-collaborative-complexity-engineeringTue, 03 Apr 2018 12:00:00 GMTBetween May and October 2017, The Global Challenges Foundation ran a competition requesting for proposals to improve the framework of global governance to meet the increasing stakes of the 21st century. I was happy to take part in this competition with a diverse and global team, submitting an idea which we call “ComplexCity”. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/project-q-rethinking-queueshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/project-q-rethinking-queuesSat, 02 Dec 2017 12:00:00 GMTHere is one application for the blockchain, that is not about reimagining financial instruments. Rather, I would like to solve the problem of queues. Yes queues. Like when you queue up to buy tickets for the cinema, or fast food, or to see the doctor. I believe solving this would fix one of the fundamental traits of capitalism… https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/you-can-always-hate-me-tomorrowhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/you-can-always-hate-me-tomorrowTue, 15 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMTI stand witness to what happened in Charlottesville in August 2017. I was compelled then, there was really no choice in the matter, to dedicate this poem to the brave woman who died preaching love for the fellow man. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-lion-knows-no-enemieshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-lion-knows-no-enemiesFri, 21 Jul 2017 12:00:00 GMTA couplet in three lines. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-ice-watcheshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-ice-watchesFri, 19 May 2017 12:00:00 GMTA meditation at a whalebone graveyard in Antarctica. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/democracy-dies-when-people-stop-fighting-for-ithttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/democracy-dies-when-people-stop-fighting-for-itThu, 29 Dec 2016 12:00:00 GMTI just read a headline reading "Democracy is dying as technocrats watch". I find this ludicrous. Democracy *is* dying but it's not because Donald Trump won. It would have still been in terminal condition had Hilary won or Obama stayed. Why? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/where-is-the-netflix-for-newshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/where-is-the-netflix-for-newsWed, 16 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMTThis is a pet peeve I've had for so long, but it has been made more urgent given the proliferation of fake news and ad-spam, even as traditional news sources are downsizing from decreasing revenues. Let me present a possible business model to pull this off. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beginning-is-nighhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beginning-is-nighThu, 10 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMTThe news of Donald Trump's presidency has been so singularly distressing that I absolutely had to take time out to come to terms with it, make sense of it for myself, integrate it into my understanding of the world as it is (and not as I would like it to be). https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-go-to-answer-for-climate-denialismhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/a-go-to-answer-for-climate-denialismMon, 07 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMTA response to a climate denial claim about geological records, scientific evidence, and the speed of climate change. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-three-avatars-of-climate-denial-and-how-to-sow-the-seeds-of-climate-hopehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-three-avatars-of-climate-denial-and-how-to-sow-the-seeds-of-climate-hopeThu, 03 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMTIn a book entitled “Introduction to Lacan”, Slavoj Zizek tangentially refers to the ecological crisis of our time, and why we have been thus far unable to meaningfully engage with it. Specifically, he suggests that this failure can be explained by psychoanalysis. In this essay, I try to break the illusions of these faulty modes of response. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thinking-about-global-energy-demandhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/thinking-about-global-energy-demandWed, 26 Oct 2016 12:00:00 GMTSome shower thoughts on the ever-growing energy demand of the world. How much energy is adequate for the human race, at which point we might consider reducing our energy demand or at the very least, prioritize energy expenditures between the essential and trivial. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/werner-herzoghttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/werner-herzogFri, 05 Aug 2016 12:00:00 GMTI've spent more time poring over media describing Werner Herzog himself than his body of work. Why does he fascinate me so much? Here is a man who has never compromised when it comes to his art. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-priest-the-cynic-and-the-scientisthttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-priest-the-cynic-and-the-scientistTue, 12 Jul 2016 12:00:00 GMTFinally made time to sit through Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979). Definitely on the long side just short of 3 hours, and not necessarily because of the number of plot twists. I figured I might spend some time reflecting on the film since I think best when I write. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/religion-disciplinehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/religion-disciplineWed, 27 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMTI’ve always had a strong affinity to language. Language is the one thing I’m most proficient in, and of late, most passionate about. But I’ve come to realise, just as language is a whip I wield, it is also the whip that tames me. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/why-the-paper-book-is-now-irrelevanthttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/why-the-paper-book-is-now-irrelevantSat, 21 Nov 2015 12:00:00 GMTThe explosion of digital content (to the point of infornography) and the promising future of digital displays, lead me to the natural conclusion that eBooks are here to stay. To me, eBooks represent the next step in the evolution of information dissemination. And here’s the killer feature: CTRL–bloody–F. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/evidence-based-designhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/evidence-based-designFri, 12 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMTI ghostwrote this essay with my mentor from Kwamecorp to evangelize a quantifiable approach to design, inspired by the software engineering methods of Silicon Valley. Have a look-see. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beautiful-rippleshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beautiful-ripplesMon, 21 Jul 2014 12:00:00 GMTThe heat of European summer revs melancholy into melodrama. I cycle past canals exuding the awkward charm of a multitude of boring things. Goaded by the breeze, dry leaves, fresh petals and sweet glinting pollen find themselves grooming the very air with perfume and hayfever. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/baby-steps-to-transhumanismhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/baby-steps-to-transhumanismWed, 28 May 2014 12:00:00 GMTA nebulous prefix to an already nebulous base-term, trans-humanism is a concept that sparks lively debates on both sides of the gallery. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/beauty-in-sciencehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/beauty-in-scienceThu, 10 Apr 2014 12:00:00 GMTTwo books reviews in one, this article was written for a Philosophy of Science & Technology course during my Masters at TU Delft. The two books being reviewed were Ian Glynn's Beauty in Science & James McAllister's Beauty and Revolution in Science. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/inventing-a-languagehttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/inventing-a-languageSat, 28 Sep 2013 12:00:00 GMTConsider the notion of telepathy. What would that entail exactly? To communicate with another without the senses, a purely mental approach to communication. Suppose there are 2 hypothetical individuals in possession of mental modems capable of communicating with each other sans sensory means. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-things-that-drove-him-silenthttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-things-that-drove-him-silentFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:00:00 GMTBlink. That pregnant moment of first light entering weak eyes. His first impression is that the world is upside down; as blood rushes to his head the newborn babe starts life with a splitting headache. Gasp and cue the high-pitched wails. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beauty-of-melancholyhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-beauty-of-melancholyWed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMTEver felt like this right now is the best time in your life? Ever wished that time itself would just freeze this very instant? I guess what I’m asking is, in a nutshell, have you ever looked longingly at the lucky inhabitants of a snow globe? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/how-i-became-unpatriotichttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/how-i-became-unpatrioticTue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMTFunny story, that. It all started with my family emigrating from India to Singapore when I was 7. New country, new languages, new friends, a whole new genre of food and fruits, what's not to like? Unfortunately, it didn’t take… the grafting process must’ve been flawed somehow. Cue slow plodding passage of time, flash-forward 11 years. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/worldly-magickhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/worldly-magickTue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMTMagic is a funny word. The dictionary claims it stems from supernatural or otherwise mysterious forces, but I think the dictionaries are missing the point. Magic is not a power, it’s a quality, do you see? https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-defines-youhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/what-defines-youMon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 GMTI occasionally drop by the local Rants & Raves forum in Craigslist; usually there is inane banter and idle discussion. But sometimes, just sometimes, there are some thoughtful questions, of which this was one. What defines you, the anonymous poster asked. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-future-of-conflict-resolutionhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/the-future-of-conflict-resolutionTue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMTA tenuous line of reasoning stumbled upon while pondering the difference between Man and other apex predators. The implications of diplomacy as a function of intelligence, itself a by-product of selective evolution, and possibly an alternative to the archaic solution we call war. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/science-and-policy-101https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/science-and-policy-101Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMTThis was a supplemental essay I wrote for a Masters application in the Technology and Public Policy area. The task was to craft an layman essay that would introduce anyone not familiar with the field, to what I intend to do specifically. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/diybio-a-look-at-citizen-scientists-hacking-genetic-engineering-in-their-garageshttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/diybio-a-look-at-citizen-scientists-hacking-genetic-engineering-in-their-garagesSun, 31 May 2009 12:00:00 GMTAn essay that was written as part of the Human Practices section of my team’s entry to the iGEM 2009 competition. Specifically in this essay, I cover the then-budding DIYbio movement, where a group of amateur enthusiasts were attempting to hack genetically engineered organisms outside the confines of research laboratories. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/primer-to-astrobiologyhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/primer-to-astrobiologyThu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTNotes I quickly jotted down from Prof. Guillermo Gonzales' short primer on astrobiology, delivered at a guest lecture when I was doing my Bachelors in Singapore. It was an eye-opening look into the intricately connected coincidences that seem to have conspired to allow life to flourish on this planet. https://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/superboys-last-all-century-longhttps://glyphsandgraphs.com/blog/superboys-last-all-century-longMon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTThis story is from my archived old blog - posted as-was-originally-written almost a decade ago. A bit emo, but I think I was mostly exploring if a narrative can be carried in a stream-of-consciousness monologue without back-and-forth banter.