Aceso Under Glass
Last summer I got nerdsniped by evangelical christianity, and in particular church planting, the domestic missionary system used by nondenominational churches to resolve the conflict between an abhorrence of hierarchy and a drive to spread the Word. The system was so different from what I expected...
Aceso Under Glass
It’s amazing how much smarter everyone else gets when I take antidepressants. It makes sense that the drugs work on other people, because there’s nothing in me to fix. I am a perfect and wise arbiter of not only my own behavior but everyone else’s, which is a heavy burden because some of ya’ll...
Development blog
DRAFT We need to learn how to talk to radicalized people. Not because they deserve it, but because it’s beneficial for us, long-term. How do you know if someone close to you has been radicalized? There’s a lot of talk of social media algorithms reducing trust and increasing radicalization....
Justin Bowers
I’ll be very up-front and let you know that I do not read a lot of non-fiction. My reading habits focus largely on escapism, so I rarely find it necessary to dwell on aspects of “real life” while I am trying to relax from said “real life.” Chuck Klosterman is one of the rare exceptions. In...
0xADADA
A Literature Review The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the existing literature concerning speech segmentation, categorical perception, and some other issues concerning bilinguals of English and Japanese. It will touch on some of the differences in the two languages and how...
0xADADA
Introduction Hikikomori (Jap. 引きこもり) and otaku (Jap. おたく) are considered today’s most prominent social problems. Hikikomori refers to the recent state of middle and high school students who drop out of school, and withdraw completely from society. Otaku are the deeply obsessed fans of a particular...