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On the poverty of names

Sofia Baroudi
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Feb. 1
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"Forgetting is as fundamental to human existence as breathing, as inevitable as death itself," writes Baroudi. (PHOTO: Sofia Baroudi/The Stanford Daily)

Against Forgetting: Why we write, why I write

Sofia Baroudi
  •  
Jan. 5
The Grind
Amir Eshel is a professor of humanistic studies and comparative literature at Stanford. (Courtesy of Amir Eshel)

What Makes Us Human: It’s not about

Emi Sakamoto
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Dec. 2
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Lowry Pressly, an associate professor of political science at Stanford, writes extensively on the idea of embracing "oblivion." (Courtesy of Lowry Pressly)

What Makes Us Human: Untitled

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
Nov. 20
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Photo of Dr. Alia Crum by a table

What Makes Us Human: Mindsets and meaning

Emi Sakamoto
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Oct. 26
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Losing the em dash to ChatGPT has marked a turning point for trust in stories, Sokamoto writes. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

In memory of ‘—’

Emi Sakamoto
  •  
Oct. 1
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Outdoor park basketball court in the rain

Story as a verb

Chris Vinasco
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April 15
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"Asking Stanford" is a series where Daily writers answer open-ended calls for storytelling. (Photo: ERIN YE/The Stanford Daily)

Asking Stanford: Who or what was your first love?

Chase Klavon, Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine, Allie Skalnik, Linden Hansen and Sharis Hsu
  •  
Feb. 16, 2025
The Grind
A California sunset from the view of a car front window.

An ode to human complexity

Lara Seyahi
  •  
Oct. 28, 2024
The Grind
A picture of the moon in a bluish-purple sky.

The third thing: How joint attention makes us human

Erin Ye
  •  
Sept. 30, 2024
Podcasts
Noah Sveiven on a blue background with the text "Office Hours Air" with Noah Sveiven and the Stanford Daily's logo

Office Hours Air: Bruce Feldstein on death and chaplaincy

Noah Sveiven
  •  
Jan. 18, 2024
The Grind
Nestor Walters recounts a trip to Greece and the life lessons he learned while there. (Photo: Chelms Varthoumlien)

Digging the bones: A gentle reminder to go out and feel things

Nestor Walters
  •  
May 4, 2021
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(Photo: Pixabay)

Tomorrow’s mind: The end of self-control

Matthew Turk
  •  
Nov. 1, 2020
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Reinventing the possible: Why the idea of India matters

From the Community
  •  
Jan. 30, 2020
The Grind
Put the shoe down – our eight-legged friends aren’t all that bad. (Photo: Pexels)

This Halloween, take the spider outside

Eden Gibson
  •  
Oct. 30, 2019
Patrons at the Cantor Arts Center. (Photo: JONATHAN LIU/The Stanford Daily)

‘Betray the Secret: Humanity in the Age of ‘Frankenstein’’ at the Cantor Arts Center

Jonathan Liu
  •  
Aug. 8, 2018
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Stanford alum advocates for solar energy in seminar on new book

Holden Foreman
  •  
April 3, 2018
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Heroes of humanity

Ayushi Tandel
  •  
Feb. 27, 2018
Mindy Perkins

Sentience and sentiment

Mindy Perkins
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Oct. 27, 2014
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And then there is Paris

Anthony Ghosn
  •  
Feb. 19, 2014
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