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Drink for Confrontations
BY V ICTOR I A AY I N I N UOL A
This feels like social segregation.
I’m just shy, my mind’s not vacant.
I need a drink for confrontations.
Ah f**k this waiting, I’m not patient.
I’ve got this epic conversation,
that can’t be over-contemplated
or complicated. Right, let me say it!
Turn off the lights, pretend I’m praying.
See I’m not staying beyond a moment.
Might end up lying or being too open.
You don’t want that. It’s too much drama
It’s all my pain. I’m a self-harmer
I might calm down. Don’t want to scare you,
or wake up sober and even fear you.
I think my room’s really quite near you.
Think we’ve been neighbours for a year too.
Sometimes I hear you though I pretend
that my iPod’s my only friend.
It’s just my first line of defense
’cause I’m not all that confident.
But for the sake of one lost night.
For the sake of one last try.
For the sake of never knowing
if you will ever become mine…
I might just kiss you. If that’s okay ?
San Francisco it is.
BY C A M I L L O SCHOBE SBE RGE R
The city of Fog. The city of Tech.
The Golden Gate. Alcatraz.
San Francisco is more than that.
How Long Do You Want To Live For?
BY OMAR SHAKER
There’s no doubt that the future will give us enough healthcare technologies to have the luxury of responding to such a question. With 3D printing
of organs, effective mobile monitoring tools, robots that make diagnoses,
nano-bots that cure us, and personalized treatment based on your specific
genetic make up, we—the human species—are in for quite the ride!
The bad news though, is that we live in dire times. We are experiencing unpre cedented global population levels, government oppression everywhere, and a collapsing economy. A handful of people can decide to blow us all up with the push of a
button. Most ironically of course, we have seriously inefficient healthcare systems.
Being fascinated with healthcare technologies, I have always had an optimistic lens of well-being and human capabilities; but as I walk out of my healthcare
bubble, I see a world that doesn’t seem ready for what it’s about to be able to do.
The following existential question boggles my mind: How long do we
want people to live for anyways?
What if the dictators and the corrupt are the only ones with the ability to
acquire these tools? What if we can live longer but there’s only so much we
can produce? Who wants more tools to be available for Pharma companies
so that they can simply further exploit our diseases? In other words,
What good is longevity without quality of life?
It’s quite interesting that everyone is afraid to die, but no one seems to be afraid
of not living. A lot of people are willing to sacrifice today’s quality of life for the
promise of a possibly better tomorrow, others believe that misery is ok today
because all they need is a job or a grade or a prize that will make them happy.
Well, the future, ladies and gentlemen, starts today. What happens to you
tomorrow is an extension of what you do today. In the same manner, what
your child would accomplish in a life span of 120 years will depend on how
you spend your lifetime of 85. In fact, the technologies we will use to prolong
human life are extensions of the previous milestones of the wheel, steam
engines and computers.
In order for our future, long lives to make sense, we need to start making
more sense of our existence right now. Significance is value, and value is
money, which brings us back to business.
Our generation is witnessing a world of wonders and opportunities
we could only imagine, it is our responsibility to grasp what these tools
mean, and it is our role as future business leaders to bring that mentality
of longer and more significant lives to the world. This is our legacy, and
we can do whatever we want with it, but we will also be remembered for
it. In Ayn Rand’s masterpiece “Atlas Shrugged” the businessmen of the
world harnessed technology as a source of env y and greed, which literally
shut the world down.
Hayes Valley for brunch and boutique
shopping, heading over to Ferry plaza and
munching on a burger from 4045 meats,
that's insane! Getting into the F-Line is
awesome, it looks nice, great atmosphere...
until it's stuck on Market for 30 minutes,
but it’s worth it when you get to enjoy a
nice and high afternoon in the Mission's
Dolores Park. Perfect Saturday, I’d say.
It takes some time to get a feeling for this city,
to experience it in a way that makes
you feel at home. Thus far, it’s the only
reason not to become depressed because
of rent levels. The city manages to make
up for its own capitalistic insanity. I can’t blame
SF for being expensive, to me it's worth every
penny. It's about time to stay, I'd say.
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After 6 months of interaction with the great international minds of HULT,
I know that chances are we won’t be that generation, but rather one that is
focused on empathy, cultural understanding and a richer social context.
“Tell me something about China”.
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Since we are going to live here on Earth longer, let’s start reshaping our
impact today. So, how long would you like to live for?
China in Ten Words
B Y B O B WA N G
As a Chinese student who has studied in the United States for a while, this
is a common inquiry that I find very difficult to answer. A scarier question to
me is, as a Chinese citizen, do I understand China enough?
China is so complicated. On one hand, we are moving forward very quickly
in the world economy as an economic miracle. In other countries’ eyes, we
have earned respect. Everything seems good when there are pay-offs.