#42: Soul Searching and Burning Man Epiphany w/Yaa-Lirng Tu

Psyched to share this snippet of convo with Ling -- recorded last fall in Sept 2020. We went to the same college at the same time, but somehow our paths didn't cross until an alumni event a few years ago. 

- MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI): the internships abroad program  

- Working at Pixar Animation Studios on Finding Dory, Toy Story 4, Soul, and many more! (and then leaving)

- Language learning philosophy: make as many mistakes as possible; seed new languages in bits: learn one small tidbit and practice noticing it in the real work -- like meditation; let it be part of you

- Language learning apps, platforms, and communities: Discord, Hello Talk, Tandem 

- Computational Linguistics and natural language processing (NPL): fascinating space to dive into  

- Experience of moving to and quarantining in Taiwan: LINE chat with all the cute stickers

- Life choices anchored around valuing varied and interesting experiences 

- Able to spend time and energy rediscovering creativity, self, and identity 

Book recommendation: Creativity Inc, by Ed Catmull (buy from twdiaspora's bookshop.org link to support the podcast!)

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