My mind. Enhanced.

An email addressed to my girlfriend: Just thought I'd share this in my view of global climate change. Glance over this report   conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) highlighting the likelihood of the global climate change due to human contributions.    If you look at the table on SPM-23, scientists of the panel believe increased drought and cyclone activity  isn't likely to be caused by human activity. Which was part of my argument earlier before you cut me off. I understand that there is increased CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and we are experiencing warmer days and nights in (some) parts of the world, and the polar ice caps are melting, but in a nutshell, even scientists who conducted the study aren't 100% sure that climate change will lead to a doomsday scenario.Climate change will continue well into 2100s and it may be hotter Earth, but they are developing technologies to curb that growth and maybe even reverse it; see below ar...

In this essay, I would like to describe my thought process leading to my future career choice. I want to be a biorobotics engineer. The decision to choose biorobotics as a career was not made overnight, but months of contemplating on key points, ultimately helping me conclude that this is the profession I want to dedicate my life to. These points include my interests in robotics and biology as I developed into a young adult, the definition of biorobotics and key area that attracted me to the field, and the unlimited opportunity in what I hope to achieve in a career as a biorobotics engineer. First, growing up, I was fascinated by robots. My father, an electrical engineer, bought me toys such Transformers, and immersed me in books about robots such as the Maxx Steele series; my affection for robots continued as a teenager with mecha-based Japanese anime, such as the series Evangelion . From elementary to highschool, I was also very interested in biology, I loved the study of ba...

I took a long shower today. As I stood there looking at the plate glass door fogging up with mist from the hot water vapour I thought about things: inventions, entrepreneurial pursuits, philanthropy, success, and the list went on. I've been deeply introspective as of late as I am still in process of a lengthy transition, not just academic or career wise but overall person-wise. I realized as I grow older my values change. I'm no longer the spoiled brat waiting for my parents to spoon-feed me, or the adolescent hot-shot who feel's entitled to all the world's material riches, or the self-centered, careerist yuppie looking to move up in the corporate world. Something in me has changed and it may have something to do with Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If you take a look at the figure above, I've pretty much met the levels from the bottom up all the way to esteem needs. I've got a wonderful family (my mom, dad, siblings), a nice, little apartment I legall...

"The world is going to change so dramatically in the 21st century. The important thing is to identify something, try to aim for something big rather than a small problem. Just look for industries that are functioning poorly, stagnant ... it's worth trying to change the way that industry behaves."  -- Elon Musk commenting on disruptive technology startups