“What are you gonna do with your life?” College freshmen (and many graduates… and many adults) all grapple with this question. If you’ve been naive enough to answer “science!” then you’re faced with the follow-up: “Well, what are you gonna study?” Most young knowledge warriors charge straight at whichever field their best teacher from high [...]
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Remember that prideful moment when you read your first book to your parents as a child? I certainly do. I felt as though I had just entered a prestigious, international club of the literate. I also thought that I had received a lifetime membership, one that could never be revoked. Then I encountered scientific papers. [...]
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The following post was inspired by a NY Times article shared with me by Lena Enck, a recent USC graduate spending at least the next year doing good on the Indian subcontinent. It is adapted from an email response. I highly encourage you to read the above article first, one, because the following is written [...]
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