Kip Clark Convos
MIT students are always in motion, but what do we miss when we never pause? A conversation with Kip Clark, known for his “Free Listening” sign, reveals what’s at stake.
Patrick Mang and Katherine Panebianco: dual perspectives on physics at MIT
Not one, but two perspectives on physics at MIT.
The art of the side quest, and why time is ticking by faster
It’s not a good idea to go out alone hiking at night. There might be bears. But maybe the only bear that night was me. (And trust me, this has everything to do with time flying by!)
I went to the museum
In an age of often vapid and insular internet islands, it makes you sound so intellectual and sophisticated when you respond nonchalantly to the question of “What did you do this weekend?” with “I went to the museum.”
Fail loudly, dream louder
If you never climb, you never fall. But if you were told you were guaranteed to fall…
Crashing out: MIT culture or a sign of something deeper?
Has “crashing out” become too normalized at MIT?
Have we forgotten the joy of creation?
The joy of holding your creation in your hands – have we forgotten that in our relentless pursuit of the ‘right’ answer?
Getting older
People talk about adolescence as if it’s the time when you get to decipher your future… but as I’m nearing the end of mine, I feel even more lost.
Why do we travel?
The pressure to go out and see as much as you possibly can is exacerbated by the fact that everyone around you seems to be doing it too. Everyone else is having a real thrilling, young people’s jet-set European summer — I mean, shouldn’t I be having one too? Social Media Blurb: Musings on travel culture.
It’s time to listen to Kip Clark
Ever seen that guy with the “Free Listening” sign?
Unpluq encourages users to unplug from their smartphones
From May to July, I used Unpluq, a phone habit tool designed for reducing screen time on smartphones.
On New York City and, more generally, food
NYC gave me Chappell Roan, bagels, and jerk chicken. What about Boston?
Lonesome traveler
I found something in Lonesome Traveler and in Kerouac — whose life and work was fueled by movement, by hitchhiking and catching trains and being On the Road — that made me start to think more deeply about what exactly it meant to travel, to ‘see the world,’ as we are so often told to do when we are young.
Why didn’t anyone tell me the doors would still close?
Why didn’t anyone tell me, even after I’ve managed to do the impossible and enter the big doors of MIT, that the doors inside would still slam in my face?
Boundary Testing
I want to push past the extreme ends of what I know and do a bit of boundary testing.
Questions?
The feedback loop in your own mind is the greatest way to sharpen your questions.
On graduating and leaving French House
The idea of graduation didn’t feel real until my friend and I submitted our final project for a class the night before the last day of classes.