Authorās note: This was the start of my serious research at MIT, and the technical start for some of my later work with power systems. Iād written this during the summer of 2018. (I was watching the 2018 FIFA world cup pretty religiously so itās amazing I got any work...
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Musings on Marxism
Authorās note: This article is the second installment of my āMusings on xā series with regards to political economy and its attendant philosophy. (COVID-19ās made me something of an arm-chair philosopher.) This serves as a first pass on the topic of Marxism, and an honest attempt to educate myself on...
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Musings on Dignity
Authorās note: This article is inspired by one of the themes explored in Martin Luther King, Jrās āRemaining Awake through a Great Revolutionā speech. As a result, riddled throughout this article are some of my favorite quotes from said speech. Iād started this piece on MLK day but never found...
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Channeling my Inner da Vinci, Miscellaneous Hand Drawings
A recurring theme of mine is that shortly after reading a book, particularly a biography, Iāll pick up a few things from the storyās protagonist and try to implement them in my own life. The drawings youāll see are one such case. After reading (and not finishing) Walter Isaacsonās biography...
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Talk with One's Other, a poem
A poem Iād written in early 2017 in a time of teenage angst. Itās meant to be uplifting and was composed as a way to express my feelings of gratitude for having enjoyed something, someone, and someplace well.
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Sierra Leone and Her Manufactures
I had written this on January 7, 2017 while I was in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I believe this was written shortly after reading āThe Wealth and Poverty of Nationsā by David Landes for the second time.
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Thoughts on "The Enlightenment Now"
Here are my thoughts on Steven Pinkerās The Enlightenment Now. Iād read this sometime in 2018, probably in March, shortly after the book came out. I took some notes while reading the book, and for whatever reason, I chose to take the following quotes from the book:
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Saving for Retirement
Iād written this last summer for the Muslim Student Association here at MIT. I am by no means a financial expert, but I want to share with you all the things Iāve learned about saving for retirement in the United States of āMurica. If Iāve made mistakes, let me know...
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