Is It Really a Rule Without Punishment?
By: A. Lu Your parents say that 11 pm is your bed time, but they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm, so is 11 pm really your bed time? Introduction The question of whether 11 PM is really your bedtime if your parents do not punish you for staying up later can be explored from various angles. If we consider a family as a small society, then the rules within the family can be seen as its legal system, with "going to bed by 11 PM" functioning as a rule in this mic
A. Lu
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The Importance of Third Spaces
By: Anisa Chandra Where do you spend the majority of your time? For many of us, we have what psychologists call a ‘first space’ and a ‘second space’ — the two places where we spend most of our time. Oftentimes, our first space is our home, or place of residence, while our second space is where we work. But with this framework comes the question of third spaces: places where we’re able to create community and feel accepted, but are neither at home nor at work (take, for exampl
Anisa Chandra
Mar 215 min read
The Extent to Which We Should Go to Help Another
By: Anisa Chandra What is the furthest extent we should go to in order to help someone else? If it’s our duty to give up our seat to an elderly person, is it also our duty to help children in third-world countries by giving them opportunities for a better life? Why? As the global situation gets increasingly worse — there’s mass genocides in a variety of countries, we’re facing a global water shortage, and the job market is becoming distorted due to the influence of AI — this
Anisa Chandra
Mar 215 min read