Thinking about things

With all the hype over the launch of the Perseverance rover last July 30, let's look back at the names of the four previous Mars rovers and the human values espoused by these little-engines-that-could.

Time is not friendly to a young 20-something who constantly fluctuates between feeling that she’s done a lot and thinking that she’s done nothing.  She’s constantly tired and yet she thinks that she’s not being productive enough. It doesn’t help that her friends are always talking about how they’re learning new routines, rediscovering forgotten interests, or trying out new things from their bucket lists.

While looking for materials to read before I wrote this essay, I came across this video of Dr. Clare Wenham on BBC. The health policy expert was interrupted by her daughter, Scarlett during her interview about the paper she published in The British Medical Journal. The paper was about the COVID Pandemic, which has forced many people to work from home, and how it presents an opportunity for gender equality within the workplace and at home.