July 19, 2024

Dear Diary,

Today is Friday, July 19, 2024. The weather was sunny, but it rained in the evening.

This morning, I ate two buns and an egg at home, so I didn't eat in the cafeteria. I got off the shuttle bus, walked through the lobby, and went directly to my workstation. Since I arrived relatively early, there was only one colleague near the work area, and the others hadn't arrived yet. I spent some time on Duolingo until my colleagues arrived one after another and started working.

There was only one meeting this morning, a co-creation meeting for a major project. Because this is a large project, many things are still not determined. We just unified some concepts and terms.

I had grilled fish for lunch. It seems like today's grilled fish was a different variety. My colleague said it might be basa fish. Anyway, I think it wasn't as dry as before.

Today is Friday, and everyone left work on time. I also got home early. But my wife went to a dinner party, which is very annoying. I am very annoyed with the colleague who organizes dinners on Fridays.

Last night, I watched episodes six and seven of The Orville. Episode six is about them capturing an alien spaceship, then disguising themselves and infiltrating the alien battleship. Their original plan was to copy the aliens' Bible, but they unexpectedly learned that the aliens were going to launch a bomb to destroy a human planet. So they decided to stop them temporarily, and the way to stop them was to design a plan to kill them all. However, they discovered that there were alien children on the spaceship, so they had to ensure that the children would not be harmed.

Episode seven is about two human scientists entering a human-like planet. Then they lost contact, and the Orville needs to investigate the reason and bring them back. This planet is very similar to Earth, and their technology level is roughly like Earth's 21st century. However, they convict a person through a nationwide vote. Everyone has a voting device with two buttons: like or dislike. If a person's dislikes exceed a certain number, they will be corrected (Correction process). This plot makes us reflect that absolute democracy also has certain problems. I thought of a term called the tyranny of the majority.

Goodnight, Diary. Until tomorrow.

Best, Jasper Van