Euwyn Gohhttps://twitter.com/euwyngohInterested in philosophy, tech, human nature.Follow Authenticity And The Problem Of SelfA “self”. The thing is, it is not so simple as to live out the storyline of “one true self”, for life is not so simple as to be lived impulsively. Euwyn Goh May 07, 2022Perpetual imbalanceEveryone’s worldview is complex, and language is tyrannical, in some sense. As soon as anything felt is articulated, it is irreversibly reduced. Euwyn Goh January 01, 2022The Future of Community is Private CitiesWhile working and studying remotely has its perks, we have now also experienced in full the drawback of remote life. That is, we feel deprived of physical connection. We dread the predictability of life at home. Euwyn Goh August 28, 2021Don’t try to change the world until you do thisThroughout the history of humankind, it hasn’t been uncommon to see humans supporting each other in heinous acts. Some of us supported slavery. Some of us supported the Nazis. One might say that our predecessors were relatively uneducated, and that we’ve now learnt from the mistakes we’ve made. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Euwyn Goh March 18, 2021Choose your society wiselyWhy do we imitate? As babies, we imitate to make sense of the physical world around us. I recently came across a fascinating study where an adult touched a light panel with his head to illuminate it, and some observing 18-month-olds performed this novel act even after a 1-week delay. Once we have passed this phase, we imitate for a few reasons. Firstly on the utilitarian side, imitation helps us bypass trial-and-error processes, to make learning much more efficient. Secondly on the social side, we imitate to be socially accepted. As they say, “monkey see, monkey do”. I’ll be focusing on the social aspect of imitation in this essay. Euwyn Goh January 24, 2021
