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                  <em>What I've been reading this month:</em>
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                      <li>Damn, <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/" target="_blank">CRISPR/Cas9</a> is so cool; here's one <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/pathway-controls-metabolism-underlying-obesity-0819" target="_blank">application</a> for obesity.</li>
                      <li>"<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://gizmodo.com/holy-grail-of-superconductors-could-revolutionize-ele-1724817434" target="_blank">[H]ydrogen sulfide</a> is the highest-temperature superconductor known to man, besting the previous record-holder by about 40 ºC." Woo, superconductors!</li>
                      <li>Inequality is always frustrating, especially when the juxtaposition is <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/14/hamptons-super-rich-inequality" target="_blank">this obvious</a>.</li>
                      <li>Example of the "<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/kk/why_are_individual_iq_differences_ok/" target="_blank">people don't have consistent beliefs</a>" phenomenon.</li>
                      <li>I don't usually read The Onion, but <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/can-you-match-pigeons-way-theyre-ruining-my-whole--2899" target="_blank">this pigeon quiz</a> really cracked me up.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/technology/personaltech/vertical-video-on-the-small-screen-not-a-crime.html" target="_blank">Vertical is the new horizontal</a> - paradigm shift courtesy of Snapchat.</li>
                      <li><NAME> classifies the Apple Watch as a "<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/8/2/notes-on-apple-watch-and-friction" target="_blank">useful luxury product</a>," which is an appropriate/better way to think about smartwatches and related gizmos.</li>
                      <li>Links for all my water snobs: why <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/big-question-tap-water-go-stale-overnight/" target="_blank">water tastes weird</a> after it's been left out; <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.eater.com/2013/8/6/6390275/la-restaurant-has-45-page-water-menu-water-sommelier" target="_blank">water tasting menus</a> are the next.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9def9c78-45d6-11e5-b3b2-1672f710807b.html" target="_blank">Kik</a> / <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/20/vurbchat/" target="_blank">VurbChat</a> as the next WeChat? (<NAME> on the <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/" target="_blank">significance of WeChat</a>.)</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/19/memomis-memorymirror-lets-you-try-on-clothes-without-actually-putting-them-on/" target="_blank">Try clothes on virtually</a>!</li>
                      <li>Research on <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://phys.org/news/2015-08-team-mutations-bacteria-resist-antibiotics.html" target="_blank">combating antibiotic resistance</a> (one of my biggest fears).</li>
                      <li>Live a meaningful life by <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.nancyhua.com/2013/12/23/waste-life/" target="_blank">repaying your debt</a> to everyone.</li>
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                  <em>What I've been watching this month:</em>
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                      <li>Straight Outta Compton - I really enjoyed this movie, despite not expecting to. Thoroughly entertaining, great music, socially relevant. It helped me internalize certain behaviors that I've never experienced (e.g., racial profiling).</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZduSScDW0" target="_blank">The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of <NAME></a> - I strongly recommend this documentary to anyone who cares about internet rights/privacy or is/has been moved by <NAME>. Extremely inspiring, despite being a little one-dimensional. Spoiler: the <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Andraka" target="_blank">ending</a> was so weird.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sug7bWxTuSo" target="_blank">The Take (2004)</a> - Didn't enjoy this documentary too much, but others might find it thought-provoking (Michael did).</li>
                      <li>Addicting waste of time for the month: <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RRcherrypie/featured" target="_blank">popin cooking videos</a>.</li>
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                  <em>What I've been reading this month:</em>
                    <ul>
                      <li>Damn, <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.wired.com/2015/07/crispr-dna-editing-2/" target="_blank">CRISPR/Cas9</a> is so cool; here's one <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/pathway-controls-metabolism-underlying-obesity-0819" target="_blank">application</a> for obesity.</li>
                      <li>"<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://gizmodo.com/holy-grail-of-superconductors-could-revolutionize-ele-1724817434" target="_blank">[H]ydrogen sulfide</a> is the highest-temperature superconductor known to man, besting the previous record-holder by about 40 ºC." Woo, superconductors!</li>
                      <li>Inequality is always frustrating, especially when the juxtaposition is <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/14/hamptons-super-rich-inequality" target="_blank">this obvious</a>.</li>
                      <li>Example of the "<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/kk/why_are_individual_iq_differences_ok/" target="_blank">people don't have consistent beliefs</a>" phenomenon.</li>
                      <li>I don't usually read The Onion, but <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/can-you-match-pigeons-way-theyre-ruining-my-whole--2899" target="_blank">this pigeon quiz</a> really cracked me up.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/technology/personaltech/vertical-video-on-the-small-screen-not-a-crime.html" target="_blank">Vertical is the new horizontal</a> - paradigm shift courtesy of Snapchat.</li>
                      <li>Ben Evans classifies the Apple Watch as a "<a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/8/2/notes-on-apple-watch-and-friction" target="_blank">useful luxury product</a>," which is an appropriate/better way to think about smartwatches and related gizmos.</li>
                      <li>Links for all my water snobs: why <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/big-question-tap-water-go-stale-overnight/" target="_blank">water tastes weird</a> after it's been left out; <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.eater.com/2013/8/6/6390275/la-restaurant-has-45-page-water-menu-water-sommelier" target="_blank">water tasting menus</a> are the next.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9def9c78-45d6-11e5-b3b2-1672f710807b.html" target="_blank">Kik</a> / <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/20/vurbchat/" target="_blank">VurbChat</a> as the next WeChat? (<NAME> on the <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/" target="_blank">significance of WeChat</a>.)</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/19/memomis-memorymirror-lets-you-try-on-clothes-without-actually-putting-them-on/" target="_blank">Try clothes on virtually</a>!</li>
                      <li>Research on <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://phys.org/news/2015-08-team-mutations-bacteria-resist-antibiotics.html" target="_blank">combating antibiotic resistance</a> (one of my biggest fears).</li>
                      <li>Live a meaningful life by <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.nancyhua.com/2013/12/23/waste-life/" target="_blank">repaying your debt</a> to everyone.</li>
                    </ul>
                  <br>
                  <em>What I've been watching this month:</em>
                    <ul>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton_(2015_film)" target="_blank">Straight Outta Compton</a> - I really enjoyed this movie, despite not expecting to. Thoroughly entertaining, great music, socially relevant. It helped me internalize certain behaviors that I've never experienced (e.g., racial profiling).</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZduSScDW0" target="_blank">The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of <NAME></a> - I strongly recommend this documentary to anyone who cares about internet rights/privacy or is/has been moved by <NAME>. Extremely inspiring, despite being a little one-dimensional. Spoiler: the <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Andraka" target="_blank">ending</a> was so weird.</li>
                      <li><a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sug7bWxTuSo" target="_blank">The Take (2004)</a> - Didn't enjoy this documentary too much, but others might find it thought-provoking (Michael did).</li>
                      <li>Addicting waste of time for the month: <a style="text-decoration: underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RRcherrypie/featured" target="_blank">popin cooking videos</a>.</li>
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