https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/Recent content in Posts on Etash ChandranHugoen-usSun, 10 May 2026 15:43:09 -0500https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/whatiscollege/Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:59:50 -0500https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/whatiscollege/<p>Most students I’ve met at UT see their time here as a step on the path toward their future career. I see this development as part of the trend of schools becoming places where you learn how to work rather than how to live. Students should take advantage of the freedom of college to explore themselves and the world, instead of going to classes for the sake of an overpriced credential.</p>https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/dontjudgetalks/Sun, 10 May 2026 15:43:09 -0500https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/dontjudgetalks/<p>This semester, my friend convinced me to attend an event called “Creating Knowledge in a Fragmented World,” featuring Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Rauch. While both speakers were unfamiliar to me, I’m glad I was able to hear their thoughts on the importance of unconventional viewpoints on campus.</p> <p>Students should make an effort to start off the next academic year by attending on-campus events to expand their worldviews, take advantage of the University’s resources and engage with opposing viewpoints.</p>https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/reflections/first/Fri, 08 May 2026 14:22:07 -0500https://etcasketera.github.io/posts/reflections/first/<p>These reflections will be a series of thoughts, ideas, and learnings that I will come back to reflect on in a designated period of time in order to improve my ability to think and reason about the future.</p> <p>My hope is that my recording my thoughts, feelings, and logic, I will be able to understand why I made the decisions I did with more clarity, and use that information to improve my thinking for the next time I face a similar choice.</p>