ZemachShruggedAmerican Beauty reviewAmerican Beauty: The film that seemingly captures the essence of the American spirit— the failure of the American Dream; the vapid…Jul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
ZemachShruggedA dwelling place in the lower worldThe desert winds blow soft grains of sand, which gather at the foot of the tent. Silence ensues, save for a soft whistle made by the sharp…Apr 9, 20231Apr 9, 20231
ZemachShruggedThe stories we tell: Illness narrativesNote: This has nothing to do with ADHDMar 14, 2023Mar 14, 2023
ZemachShruggedKumare: The teacher we didn’t know we didn’t needKumare (Spoilers!) is a movie made by a Columbia University film grad, Vikram Gandhi. Growing up in a Hindu first-generation household in…Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023
ZemachShruggedCan we future proof our ethics and what to do about prisoners?Karnofsky wrote an interesting article about future-proof ethics. The main idea is that our existing codes of morality will be of little…Nov 19, 2022Nov 19, 2022
ZemachShruggedThe Bottleneck Problem in PsychologyThis is a diagram of all the available entries to becoming a registered psychologist in Australia.Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
ZemachShruggedCrises of Faith: the TrinityA piece on Less Wrong about the right way to inspire a crisis of faith got me thinking.Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
ZemachShruggedZen and the Art of Breaking HabitsI picked up a book of Zen stories called Zen Flesh, Zen Bones and flicked to a random story called Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road. It…Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
