Category: Dear reader from the future
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Dear reader from the future, I finished Stargirl overnight. It’s a book written for ages 12+, but I welcomed the light read, nonetheless. What compelled me to write this is how it captured our struggles growing up–where we are implicitly called to conform. As a young adult I was once was, I experienced how nonconformity…
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Dear reader from the future, With all that’s happening in my time, I couldn’t help but think about how things will converge or come about in the future, where you are. The pandemic I’ve been telling you about in my past letters is getting an upsurge globally, and it’s not just about people dying all…
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Dear reader from the future, It’s been a year since the COVID-19 broke out worldwide, and I have heard about how people are getting tired of it that some just prefer not to think about it anymore. But it’s difficult to not think about it, especially when it gets closer to home, and people you…
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Dear reader from the future, Just almost a month after Israel lifted its mandate of wearing outdoor masks for COVID-19, a conflict was brewing between Israel and Gaza that killed and injured both their peoples. With the tensions erupting and making global news headlines, I begin to wonder how deep-seated their conflict is. I may…
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Letter no. 9
1–2 minutesDear reader from the future, How is the supply chain going? I wonder what it’s like to live in your time. Because I lived in a time where COVID-19 stopped the world on its tracks. It’s not uncommon to hear about borders closing from time to time these days. And even at the time of…
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Dear reader from the future, It’s been more than a year since we’ve been living smaller lives. And yes, governments addressed the situation differently from one another. Some were successful, and some were not. But we shouldn’t totally blame them for the outcome of the rules they impose to keep the surge of cases from…
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Dear reader from the future, I wonder if CubeSats (or cube satellites) are as common as mobile phones in your time. The first time I heard about CubeSats was when I took my specialization in Futures Thinking at Coursera. I am not sure if Coursera is still the same by the time you’re reading this, but I…