Posts by Allen Cheung
Review: The Science of Interstellar
I enjoyed Interstellar. Despite a few plot holes and questionable motives in the overall story, I was impressed by the grand spectacle of space, mixed with the relatable human elements embodied by its main characters. The film does an excellent…
Skimming More and Reading Less
I'm used to reading a fair amount. Back in grade school, I carried these giant fantasy novels around the house, and re-read the series on a regular basis. When my family got AOL, I was regularly lurking on…
Review: The Startup of You
The Startup of You is all about mapping the strategies and tactics that make startups – in theory – successful, and apply them to careers. The central tenets revolve around taking moderate amounts of risk, having backup plans, and not being afraid…
In Line Behind a Billion People: How Scarcity Will Define China's Ascent in the Next Decade
China's economy just officially overtook the United States as the biggest economy in the world[1]. Most saw this passing of the torch as an inevitability; the Chinese government has been laser focused on economic growth, and it…
Year in Review – 2014
I've never tried to write end-of-the-year posts; they tend to be biased towards recent events, and I find it disingenuous to summarize a year's worth of events meaningfully into a small, overarching set of themes. This…
Go to College
There is a curious rebellion against higher education. I get the sense that it's an overreaction, a correction to the unquestioned emphasis placed onto college over the past few decades. The millennial generation is no longer seeing the…
