Under a heavy grey sky the sound of rain floods your senses. As you walk home you notice five puddles beginning to form ahead. As you approach, you see they are quickly beginning to increase in size, to the point where you can see your entire reflection. Standing over the puddles, you notice your reflection…

Values have been a common theme this past year. What values do I hold? What values do the people around me hold? Among other existential explorations. One of the beautiful things about identifying your values is that it guides you, a north star. And when you see someone laboring to pave a way to follow…

Emotional intelligence is a two sided coin. On one side, there are internal emotions, those personally felt, and on the other side external emotions, emotions felt by others. Emotional intelligence is something I wish would have been emphasized and engrained in me 10 years ago. A topic area that applies to everyone, similar to personal…

Recommendation: 8.8/10 Summary: Gene editing is farther along , and easier, than I realized. Following the scientific discovery of DNA editing, primarily from the pioneering perspective of Dr. Jennifer Doudna, the first half of the book details the science and politics among labs, and then turns to moral implications and modern advances. CRISPR, which is…

How often do you tread the tightrope between internal frustration, from withholding an opinion, and blurting out something dogmatic? Neither side is attractive, yet I often find myself teetering between the two each day. To remedy that, I like to pretend a friend is in the room who is directly related to the topic at…