Inner Thoughts

    This week we analyzed Videotape by Don DeLillo. Reading this piece made me realize how much violence we see every day, especially through social media apps like Instagram, and what its effects really are.     Instagram is arguably one of the most addictive and popular social media platforms. It is through this app that we see so many events being played out, events ranging from sports to death of individuals (like in the Videotape). Me personally, I see at least 5 car crashes daily. In fact, I see something like this so often that it feels weird to go a couple of days without seeing an Insta reel where someone is dying.      Looking at this, we see that violence is becoming an increasingly common thing to be witnessed in our daily lives. The effect of this is not people becoming scared, but rather them underestimating the precariousness of life. It is human nature that when you see something every day, you consider it to be normal and not of significant importance. This is exactly

    This week we wrote a synthesis essay on urban rewilding. As much as I dislike writing essays, I have to admit that this topic was somewhat interesting to write about. Mainly because this got me thinking about food. How is urban rewilding related to the food industry?      Urban rewilding is the process of bringing back and introducing nature into urban environments. In the increasingly progressive world that we are living in right now, bringing back nature into our environment is extremely important. Common arguments against this are the lack of space or the high maintenance, which do make sense. But the benefits here simply outweigh basically all the cons. Singapore is a big example of the effects of urban rewilding. As an urban city, Singapore at one time was suffering with extreme biodiversity loss. With rewilding, not only was the biodiversity improved in Singapore, but it also enhanced ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, water filtration, and resulting in more rec

      The average adult makes around 34,000 decisions a day. Each decision carries some consequence, be it good or bad. Majority of these decisions are actually very simple things such as choosing what to eat, which don't really cause too much harm. But some decisions we make have negative effects, and the ironic thing is, we know that these choices are going to bring us problems in the near future. So why do we make these detrimental decisions?     To analyze this, let's take a pretty commonly seen example of a "bad decision" - procrastination. Procrastination is a pretty habitual trait for many people, especially students. It has become so "popular" that it became a part of our lifestyle. In fact, people who do not procrastinate and get their work done on time are seen as the weird ones. Everyone knows that procrastination will most definitely cause them to feel overwhelmed with stress, anger, and a bunch of not-so-good emotions later on. But why do we sti