technology

I’ve stopped making plans for my life, not because they don’t pan out but because I think they restrict the way in which I view what I am capable of. Some of the best decisions I’ve made have been spur of the moment, spontaneous and utterly unexpected and I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

My recent eye problems made me appreciate good vision — something many of us take for granted, and I became eager to use them to see more of the world itself, rather than digital representations of it. 

“Decision to Leave” indulges in fluidity — in ever-shifting conceptions of others and the self.

Like many of you, I once spent my free time going down the rabbit hole on social media for hours on end, scrolling past people who I’d probably never meet in real life. This is your sign to delete those apps for a while. 

Our very lives are a commodity on social media; the content we post is the main unit of consumption. Social media companies profit off of our lives. When you reduce humans into units of consumption, you objectify humanity.

Recently I found myself without a phone. The past several days I've been getting around experiencing the unexpected highs and lows of no longer being wireless.

Here is a list of apps that could help UC Berkeley students like us, to maximize the use of our technology in a way that would better our school ethic and survive.

My smartwatch is simply a tool that supplements my life, and I’m constantly reminding myself that reality is sometimes more important than staying updated.

Exploring computing, learning how to code, all seemed like legitimate goals that I was eager to start on. That is, until my first CS class.