Sahil Handa, Author at Discourse

Sahil Handa

Sahil Handa is on leave from his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and living in London. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy and Persuasion.

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Crypto May Change How We Govern

I ended my last column on a somewhat vague, utopian note: that self-governing ...

Ideas

Technology and the Creation of Identity

The modern nation-state pins people down by type. Before the advent of the ...

Culture & Society

Rebel Rebel

Let me begin with a confession: Before David Bowie died, I scarcely knew ...

Culture & Society

Harvard’s Big Mistake: It Keeps Telling Its Students They’re Special

After I arrived at Harvard University in 2018 to begin my freshman year, ...

Culture & Society

Is America Really a Meritocracy?

There’s a story that’s often told about America. It makes some people cry, ...

Culture & Society

What James Baldwin Can Teach Us About Race and Identity in America Today

The first time I read James Baldwin, I didn’t know he was Black. ...

Ideas

Why I’m an Optimist

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the question of whether you are an optimist or ...

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