ShowerThoughts

As expected, being cooped up at home for so long has really dulled my imagination. It's been almost two years since I last had ShowerThoughts. Yesterday, I was suddenly awakened by someone in a dream, and I started thinking about the topic of immortality. Actually, if we have offspring, our genes can be passed down, and our descendants can use our genes to be reborn, in a never-ending cycle…

Recently, various channels have revealed a growing sense of self-awareness among Chinese people—those born in the mid-1990s and 2000s are more likely to follow their own thinking rather than orders from superiors. Many memes have also surfaced on Douyin (TikTok), such as the reactions of those born in the 1980s, 1990s, mid-1995s, and 2000s to their bosses asking them to work overtime, and how they treat colleagues and superiors…

Today let's talk about the mysterious—time and energy. I've had déjà vu several times since I was little, as if I've experienced certain scenes before. I used to think it was just a subconscious illusion, but recently, through conscious effort to remember, observe, and summarize, I feel it's not that simple. If we change our perspective... Time itself is not...

Recently, because I'm moving to Seattle, I've been selling things online like crazy and have noticed some interesting phenomena. First, I have to complain about Facebook. Every time I post something, they reply with "Is this available?", which I guess is an automatic suggestion from the system when buyers see the item. Personally, I feel…

I've recently become obsessed with Taiwanese political talk shows, watching them every day like a drama series. Taiwan is a place with extremely extreme politics, and the media's stances are very clear-cut, with blue, green, and even neutral white camps. Even programs that claim to be neutral show obvious biases. And within the blue and green camps, there are further divisions…

The internet has been around for over 20 years now, and more and more of the original internet users are getting old. Inevitably, everyone will pass away. So, what happens to our internet accounts after we die? Many systems have eviction mechanisms; for example, accounts that haven't been used for a long time are marked as "inactive," and many…

I've been thinking about a problem lately: headhunting these days is mostly company-driven—companies pay headhunters or offer them kickbacks to find talent. But as people become more self-aware, one unavoidable need arises: a disconnect between one's ideal job and their understanding of the market. For example, I might want to find a type A job within a type B…

Foreword: Responding to the thoughts expressed at the beginning of the year, "Year After Year"—this series records fragmented "product" ideas. These ideas stem from my own daily needs and are described in brief, immature words. Compared to formal analysis, this series is more like a collection of essays, written as thoughts come to mind, simply for the purpose of…