I’ve never heard of this “admissions essay” ritual before. Having just Googled for some sample essays, I agree that cringeworthiness is pretty much unavoidable and this essay does as well as can be hoped for on that score.
I wonder if there’s some way of making the ambition of the last section seem less crazy to a non-transhumanist by quoting Carl Sagan: “The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars”.
I’ve never heard of this “admissions essay” ritual before. Having just Googled for some sample essays, I agree that cringeworthiness is pretty much unavoidable and this essay does as well as can be hoped for on that score.
I wonder if there’s some way of making the ambition of the last section seem less crazy to a non-transhumanist by quoting Carl Sagan: “The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars”.