Monthly Archives: January 2021

My teaching philosophy boils down to the observation that students face a signal-to-noise ratio in any learning environment, and an effective teacher is one who can increase the proportion of the signal relative to the noise. My teaching philosophy is … Continue reading →

One of the earliest signs that tipped me off to the fact that I am asexual was when I heard sex being described like a physiological need. Like hunger. You need to address it otherwise you won’t be able to … Continue reading →

Dating and marriage have been taking up too much of my headspace… not because these are things that I am necessarily wanting… but because I am being made to feel like there is something wrong with me for not being … Continue reading →

Marriage, for women, traditionally at least, has been an economic proposition, as Amy explains in the 2019 version of Little Women. From the perspective of a marriage historian (as heard in a Hidden Brain episode): “the earliest marriages had nothing … Continue reading →

My Problem with Dating Apps I have to create a profile on which I will be evaluated on whether I meet someone’s criteria. What is this, a fucking job? Okay, so there are apps that ask people to select based … Continue reading →

I don’t date. There’s something about dating that makes me uncomfortable. I suppose I don’t fully understand why people date. I mean, I understand on some objective level why people do it: it just doesn’t click with me. This can … Continue reading →