This blog will be the central unit of my 20 Time project, a project that aims to help disseminate the mysteries of biology in an effort to increase interest and educate people in general. As a 20 Time project, it is one of thousands of projects worldwide that follow the 20 Time system. This system operates on the principle that using 20% of one's working time to work on a "passion project," some cause that one feels strongly about, will allow people to be more efficient and come up with many more creative ideas. This has been proven effective in companies like Google and Atlassian, and has led to many new ideas, such as Gmail and AdSense.
My project's mission is to explore various areas of biology and to help educate anyone about the still-unknown. When I was first envisioning and choosing a project for 20 Time, I noticed a lack of knowledge among my classmates and the people around me on the unsolved problems of biology. Rather than trying to investigate and help an ongoing cause, most students instead chose to contribute to a local idea or make a project documenting the effects of some daily disturbance on their lives. As well as this works, and as great these sparks of creativity shine (for shine they do), they give a sense that the vast frontier of this science lies untouched by the generations, shunned in favor of more tangible goal. To change this would be a daunting task, but perhaps some small solace could be taken in the simple dissemination of ideas, in the hope that words can arouse some innate, natural curiosity borne within us.
In doing this project, I hope to end up covering some of the many topics of biology. From small steps large leaps are born, and as such I hope my weekly/biweekly venture can prove a successful encroachment upon the unknown. Every week I will shed some light with a video on a specific topic and its connection to a certain problem or uncertainty, and eventually I hope to accumulate a multitude of topics and build a "repertoire" of sorts, of biology information. I will measure my progress with how I have covered each topic, and I hope to gradually improve this process, to the point where I am able to succinctly yet deeply discuss each subject.
Indeed, as before any long journey, the future looks dark, but who knows what gray clouds hold? Perhaps knowledge, perhaps unseen obstacles, perhaps exploration. Onward hence!
In doing this project, I hope to end up covering some of the many topics of biology. From small steps large leaps are born, and as such I hope my weekly/biweekly venture can prove a successful encroachment upon the unknown. Every week I will shed some light with a video on a specific topic and its connection to a certain problem or uncertainty, and eventually I hope to accumulate a multitude of topics and build a "repertoire" of sorts, of biology information. I will measure my progress with how I have covered each topic, and I hope to gradually improve this process, to the point where I am able to succinctly yet deeply discuss each subject.
Indeed, as before any long journey, the future looks dark, but who knows what gray clouds hold? Perhaps knowledge, perhaps unseen obstacles, perhaps exploration. Onward hence!
