Hey there! Not sure how you found you way here, but thanks for visiting my blog and welcome to my, hopefully, informative and entertaining, stream of consciousness.
A Quick Bio Breakdown
My name is Luke Chui. I’m currently floating around with world whilst cheffin’ it up at Sprig. If you care at all, I spent time previously at Truework and Confluent. Academically speaking, I studied at UCLA, where I was fortunate enough to explore Computer Science and build/lead budding communities like Bruin Entrepreneurs and LA Hacks.
As for personal endeavours, I am actively seeking out stories and storytellers of all mediums, mostly through film and food! I also rock climb from time to time, disassociate at concerts, and hop internationally when I can!
S-Tier Rankings
The Street Fighter power ranking system is probably the easist way to describe some of my interests and favorites. Ranging from S down to F tier, this system elegantly constructs a personalized pyramid of likes and dislikes. Providing full power rankings for the categories below would be overkill for an About page, so I’ll just share some of my S-tier rankings as of Dec. 2021.
- Movies: Yi-Yi by Edward Yang, The Cremator by Juraj Herz, Cache by Michael Haneke
- Spotify Playlists: Whiskey Before Bed (shameless plug) + there’s a castle drifting in the sky up above
- Books: The Peregrine by J.A. Baker and Roadside Picnic by Strugatsky Brothers
- Manga: 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa and Eden: It’s an Endless World by Hiroki Endo
- Sauces: Soy Sauce, Japanese Mayo
- Fast Food Items: BK Chicken Fries, Yoshinoya Beef Bowl
Questions for the World
To complement my power rankings, I’ll also provide running set of open-ended questions that guide my reading selections, conversations, and introspections. If you have been thinking about any of these or have questions you would like to pose me, I would love to chat with you!
- What is Community? Human beings instinctively search for community, but these social structures come in many forms. Espcially in the modern age, the idea of community is becoming an ever so intangible idea. What are the powers that bring people together and make them stay together?
- How do you build and maintain culture? A company’s or nation’s culture is the social fabric that binds everyone, where any fraying can lead to uncomfortable working/living conditions. How is a group’s culture upheld and what are the guiding forces for its evolutions?
- Is it possible to have a perfectly unbiased media publication? News media companies/platforms are accredited with exacerbating America’s divisiveness by publishing content with obvious social/political penchants. Can we reduce media bias through science? Can we reduce media bias through culture?
- What happens once everyone has the tools to learn and build? The defacto hypothesis depicts a world of more innovation and societal equity, but something tells me that reality will deviate from the expectation.
- What is the world’s best rooftop bar? Willing to travel anywhere for this.
For some scatterbrained, long-ish form content, check out some of my blog posts and don’t hesitate to shoot me an email or a message on twitter if you want to chat!