Opinion
Colonialism in a Green Dress: Tesla and the Kanaky Independence Movement
Kanaky, the indigenous home of the Kanak people, known as the French territory of New Caledonia, is gorgeous; it is home to a rare level of endemic biodiversity and boasts the longest continuous barrier reef in the world. Its lagoons…
South Korea’s Dirty Biomass Problem
South Korea, the world’s seventh greatest producer of greenhouse gas, is botching its transition to clean power due to the exploitation of an outdated United Nations (UN) energy classification loophole. The loophole in question is Biomass — a fuel that…
When Infrastructure Expires: The Fight Over Dams in New Hampshire Mill Towns
Exeter’s colonial buildings look the same as they did ten years ago, but the town sounds different now. There’s a gushing noise in the background as if someone’s breathing through their teeth. For over one hundred years, the Exeter River…
Snowdrop: A Korean TV Show and the Distortion of History
1980s, South Korea –– Bak Jong-cheol, a student leader at Seoul National University, was one of many young activists struggling against the South Korean military dictatorship. Later, when Bak was interrogated for his involvement with pro-democracy movements, he refused to…
To be Satisfied with Democracy–Semantically
Do you ever say a word so often, it almost begins to lose meaning? I’m sure we’ve all experienced this phenomenon called semantic satiation, whether or not we knew its technical term. As an extension of this empirical observation of…
Yale’s Bright Blockchain Future
Yale was not one of blockchain’s early adopters, but a shift within the school from both the administration and students that makes Yale’s blockchain future bright.
Swinging Between Individualism and Collectivism: The Existential Contradiction Behind Dating Apps
In the not-too-distant future, people will ask couples “Did you meet face to face or on a dating app?” But why did we grow such a fondness for these dating applications? What does this new order reveal about ourselves?
My Experience at Bitcoin 2022
Last weekend, I was one of the almost 30,000 crypto-passionate people who descended onto Miami beach in anticipation of Bitcoin 2022, the largest, most influential cryptocurrency conference in the world. Touting influential speakers from a variety of different fields as well as innovative companies selling groundbreaking blockchain products and services, the conference took over Miami beach.