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link to a doc with the many many comments my amazing friends made (feel free to add more! or comment on this post! some of this essay has been added after my draft in response to some comments that were made, cus peer review <3! idk. basically the point is that this is not something super polished). Also, stay till the end to see some life updates because I was inspired by what Reboot and Apoorva’s blogs do! Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how we are told we are meant for great things. In some of the communities I’m in, they always tell us that we are exceptional, smart, different— all while that is obviously not true. I don’t think many students take it to heart; we do enter a room with more confidence, join a discussion with the belief that we probably know what we’re talking about, etcetera. This may be a good thing, but it has kind of hurt me as well (?). I’ve felt that I can do great things, that I am meant to do so—in fact, it is almost a moral negative if I do not. In t

delusions of greatness delusions of greatness April 25, 2023 we literally don’t matter, actually. (a rant written in the middle of a class) link to a doc with the many many comments my amazing friends made (feel free to add more! or comment on this post! some of this essay has been added after my draft in response to some comments that were made, cus peer review <3! idk. basically the point is that this is not something super polished). Also, stay till the end to see some life updates because I was inspired by what Reboot and Apoorva’s blogs do! Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how we a

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