2 This site isn't a resume or a representative bio. ∞ If you're looking to get to know me, let's instead find a time to chat! Reach out at noah.schechter1 at gmail.com.
3 I have most enjoyed my history classes; most recently I studied Taiwan's transition from Japanese to Chinese rule immediately after World War II. 7,8
4 I've taken lots of other classes at Stanford, too. Among my favorites: Beethoven, astronomy, journalism, and my first-year writing seminar entitled "Prowling Toward Certainty: Exploration as Argument." 9
5 Atlos is a non-profit platform used by investigators to catalog and verify eyewitness media. It now powers Bellingcat's sprawling investigation into civilian harm in Ukraine.
6 I lived in and helped manage Hammarskjöld, a co-op where 33 residents from around the world cook and clean for one another daily. I've also helped run a sleepaway summer camp. 10,11
7 The case of postwar Taiwan is fascinating: For two months in late 1945, after Japan had surrendered to the Allies but before China had arrived on the island, the people of Taiwan mobilized and largely governed themselves.
8 I've also spent some time analyzing online information operations. I contributed to a Stanford Internet Observatory report on a Venezuelan network on Twitter. My research into a network displaying a novel method of policy evasion on YouTube was featured CNET.
9 I read several really impactful essays in that writing class, but one that stands out is Marina Keegan's "Why We Care About Whales."
10 Stewarding the camp's community—while on call 24/7, attending to medical emergencies, and supervising hundreds of campers—is one of the highlights of my life.
11 The camp's educational approach is highly experiential; its founder, Shlomo Bardin, said "first we touch, and then we teach." Its remains "a laboratory for living Judaism." I recommend reading this fantatic analysis of its pedagogy.
* See those dots? Those are the stars in my night sky. Use your mouse (or finger) to explore. **
** Thanks to Las Cumbres Observatory and Stuart Lowe for the wonderful VirtualSky planetarium. They built it, I didn't.
∞ Austin Wade Smith's feral.earth concept inspired the earthtones of this site.