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EJ Elena Shin

EJ Elena Shin

AI Notebook] The G20 and AI Panels

AI Notebook] The G20 and AI Panels

EJ's note I spent time this week going through the full G20 Innovation Ministerial sessions from North Carolina — Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Sam Altman (OpenAI), Tom Brown (Anthropic), Elon Musk (virtual), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Lutnick alongside Palantir's Alex Karp. Rarely do you get

Leadership] The Odyssey and Superhuman

Leadership] The Odyssey and Superhuman

EJ's note Recently came across Professor Kim Heon’s explanation of Homer’s Odyssey: He said the Odyssey is less a story of superhuman adventure than a magnified portrait of the ordinary human struggle to keep choosing purpose over comfort, communication over assumption, and the hard return over

Obsidian Essay] The Walk - Even Commanders Debrief ft. Admiral McRaven

Obsidian Essay] The Walk - Even Commanders Debrief ft. Admiral McRaven

Personal Essay.

Obsidian Essay | Leadership] JFK.

Obsidian Essay | Leadership] JFK.

“We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come. But condense, if

Life | London Sanctuary] The Grove: Place of Restoration #Retreat

Life | London Sanctuary] The Grove: Place of Restoration #Retreat

EJ's note Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh, In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch. Over all of the hills Peace comes anew, The woodland stills All through; The birds make no sound on the bough. Wait

Life] Local's Guide: London for Family with Little Ones and/or Grandparents

Life] Local's Guide: London for Family with Little Ones and/or Grandparents

EJ's note For friends and family bringing the little ones - this is the London I’d want you to see when the days have to be gentle: beautiful still, and worth the journey, but paced for prams and naps and small legs, with somewhere to feed, change, and

Life] Local's Guide: London Summer Adventure for Active Ones

Life] Local's Guide: London Summer Adventure for Active Ones

EJ's note This is the other London — the one that wakes up when the Sun does. Same city I love, same care behind the choosing, but pitched for long days outdoors, cold swims, hot pavements, and the kind of evening that runs gladly past midnight. It’s for