Re: Life (June 4th) / The Generator
My life condensed into variably interesting posts on the internet
Welcome to Re: Life, where I chronicle my life, thoughts, and work in biotechnology on the internet. Why a newsletter? So that one day, a long, long time from now, aliens might find these little time capsules and put them in a museum.
Now that you know my motivations are pure, let’s get started.
(Also, happy June!)
What I’ve been up to
//: Now that Amazon’s dropped off some pristine neodymium magnets at my door, I’ve started to build a tiny induction generator (it won’t stay tiny for long, though). If you’re wondering why, you’ll find out soon enough ;)
//: Continuing to study for IB exams (three of them, to be exact). As of now, my days are alternating review-smoothies of biology, chemistry, and physics. But these days, I can’t stop thinking about how people like Newton, Avogadro, Gauss managed to figure out all this stuff with <0.001% of the tech we have now.
Note: Studying becomes a lot more fun when you realize that the problems you’re solving today were probably considered impossible by some of the world’s smartest people at one point.
Thought of the Week
Humans are the definition of finite. There’s only a limited amount of time, a limited amount of people, a limited amount of things you can hope to fit into your life.
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” - Warren Buffett
But the things they say yes to end up being more than worth it. If there’s any secret to the good life, it’s making room for the really good things to arrive.
For another day,
- A
//: Thanks for reading! I’m Aaryan - I’m a high-schooler from Sudbury, Canada. My main work lies at the intersection between hardware and medicine, trying to build better diagnostics / imaging systems to help us treat cancer. When I’ve had enough of that, I watch the occasional episode of Silicon Valley and listen to lo-fi music. Frankly, I have no idea what I’m doing here, but that’s fine, since no one else really does anyway ;)