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Drake’s new music video for his song God’s Plan, the premise of Derek Jeter’s media enterprise The Player’s Tribune which puts the narrative in the hands of the athletes, and why so many tech company logos are starting to resemble each other.

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The shifting nature of Asian American identity and the tyranny of convenience

The shifting nature of Asian-American identity and the history of that identity. She ties it to perceptions of Chloe Kim, the 17-year-old Korean-American snowboarder who took a gold medal at the Winter Olympics and An Asian-American zine from the 1960’s. Eugene brings up an op-ed by Tim Wu, professor at Columbia University and contributing opinion writer to The New York Times, called The Tyranny of Convenience.

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Whether higher education is a waste of time and non designers learning the fundamentals of design

The pros and cons of higher education and Whether higher education is a waste of money and time or not.

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China’s Hip-Hop Capitals

Eugene sits down with David Zhou and Lucas Farrar, who set the record straight on the Chinese hip hop scene, specifically as it pertains to Chengdu and Chongqing.

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“Decentralization, the word of the moment”

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HuffPost shuts down its contributor network and China wants to become a global soft power

The devaluation of writing as the result of contributor networks such as the one HuffPost used to run and How China might start exporting their cultural goods.

How Japanese culture approaches space and the value of being an expert generalist

The Japanese concept of space and how it pertains to her own recent travels in Japan and What it means to be an expert generalist and how it holds up to the 10,000 hour rule.

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The normalization of bad grammar and the idea of creative integrity and the struggling artist myth

The normalization of grammar and spelling. Are we experiencing a new normal when it comes to how we communicate and the rules it entails? and Hw he’s viewed his photography career and work over the last few years in light of his successes working for big brands.