#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!) *** Say hi! 來打招呼！ Social media 社群: @twdiaspora on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Show notes 主網頁: www.taiwanesediaspora.com. Email 電子信箱: [email protected]. Support 贊助: https://ko-fi.com/twdiaspora and https://bookshop.org/shop/twdiaspora