Tag: asia

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/one-group-that-definitely-faces-prejudice-in-college-admissions/2018/08/05/906095e0-9668-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9ad3e4fd98ef&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1

  – “One group that definitely faces prejudice in college admissions” by Jonathan Zimmerman

  dappled-things

  October 1, 2018

  link, Uncategorized

  academia, asia, culture, discrimination, university

• [YT][posting][response] “China Hates SJW Star Wars” Provides Food for Thought

  

  This is pretty legit. After spending eight-and-a-half years in China, I have gained some insight into current Chinese Mainland culture, which should not be confused with other Asian nations and cultures, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. In a previous post where I discussed some commentaries regarding Solo‘s flop and China’s poor showing, I also touched…

  dappled-things

  August 6, 2018

  culture, interesting stuff, literary critique, nonfiction, original fiction, video

  asia, asian culture, china, cultural customs, culture, rose tico, star wars, technology, the last jedi

• [posting][original non-fiction] Artificial Intelligence and Human Enhancement: Exploring the Human in Alternative Identities

  

  “Knocking at the doors of human perception” is how Tim Adams describes the exploration of human selfhood in the form of transhumanism. As traditional notions of “human” have been challenged by postmodern thought, which questions universal modes of meaning and legitimation (New Keywords, 270), a complex discourse regarding “the human” has arisen thanks to increased…

  dappled-things

  July 31, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction, original fiction, thought piece

  AI, anime, artificial intelligence, asia, blade runner, blade runner 2049, dystopian, film, ghost in the shell, humanity, literature, robotics, science, technology, transhumanism

• [review] Ghost in the Shell (2017)

  

  Ghost in the Shell (2017) surprised me. It isn’t perfect, but it ended up being way better than I thought it would be. A lot of “hard-core” GitS fans were disappointed apparently, but, considering the quality of other film adaptations of anime, they were being unduly harsh.

  dappled-things

  May 10, 2018

  literary critique, literature, review, thought piece, Uncategorized, video

  adaptations, anime, asia, asian culture, claims, culture, film, ghost in the shell, hollywood, ideas, japanese culture, literature, opinion, scarlett johansson, video, whitewashing, writing