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Jun 6

What Technology Cannot Build

Dotted across the United States are unwalkable, sprawling, automobile-dominated cities that are neither environmentally nor financially sustainable. Even the most walkable cities in the US have urban designs that lag behind cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen in terms of urban design. At the same time, demand for housing in walkable…

Urban Planning

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What Technology Cannot Build
What Technology Cannot Build

Published in Yale Helix

·Aug 27, 2020

Building Helix for a virtual semester

How Helix is adapting to provide the best experience possible for fall 2020 — We’re excited to announce our plans for the next batch of Helices this fall! We’re taking what we learned last year, as well as our personal experiences adapting to virtual life, and implementing some new changes to make Helix even better. Helix has always had the following thesis: by matching…

Yale

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Building Helix for a virtual semester
Building Helix for a virtual semester

Jul 16, 2020

QueuePals: using Behavior Design to create a zero-contact virtual waiting room solution

Last quarter, I took EDUC 302: Behavior Design at Stanford University with BJ Fogg. After completing a personal project to stay in touch with my grandparents, and then a small group project to help make long distance relationships feel more fun, I worked with two Stanford students to launch QueuePals…

Behavior Design

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QueuePals: using Behavior Design to create a zero-contact virtual waiting room solution
QueuePals: using Behavior Design to create a zero-contact virtual waiting room solution
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