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Language difficulties. Culture shock. Homesickness (乡愁). But for me, returning home proved the hardest of all.

After the experience of a year abroad, coming home can feel disappointing. Why was I feeling so disconnected? I'd idealized (理想化) home in my mind. And I'd expected everything to remain exactly the same while I was gone. When I got back and the reality fell short of these ideals, I experienced what I'd call a reverse culture shock.

The idea might seem a bit over the top, especially for exchange students who have only spent a year or less away from home. But as you live in a new culture, you quickly adapt to a different way of life; meanwhile, you think life at home is no different. Some friends have been apart from each other while others have become closer together.

When you arrive in an unknown place, it takes effort to adapt to your new environment. Your days are filled with new interests and busy schedule. It seems strange to me that no one at university warns you about this beforehand.

The feeling of disconnection can be hard to shake off. I kept wondering how long it would take to feel normal again. Getting a part-time job would eventually help relieve my own sense of disconnection.

Readjusting at home has been harder than life abroad, but I'm starting to find a new normal.

A. However, everyone changes.

B. I'd lost interest in everything at home.

C. I realized I'd done two things while I was away.

D. Spending more time with family and friends also helped.

E. Most people experience these problems in their daily jobs.

F. These are the things you might worry about before studying abroad.

G. No surprise once the period is over, many exchange students feel at a loss.

Studies have found that people actually value the coffee table they have to construct with time and hard work. Inzlicht, a University of Toronto social psychologist, and his workmates introduced the Effort Paradox (悖论) to make sense of it: Though the law of less work suggests people make the easier choice, sometimes people value experiences and results because they require effort. Inzlicht's aim was not just to name it, but to explain why people find effort so satisfying.

Their study suggests two possibilities: whether the satisfaction comes more from the good results of hard effort or more from hard effort itself. For the first, the good results seem extra sweet because of the sharp contrast between the unpleasantness of working hard and the joy of achievement. The second is self-delusion (自我欺骗): If you do something hard without a good result, you make yourself believe you must really like it because you have worked so hard.

The study also shows that even if the Effort Paradox applies to everyone, it doesn't apply equally. Some people will naturally be drawn to hard effort more than others, while others seemingly can learn to value effort more. However, it doesn't mean that you need to turn life into a never-ending struggle. Neither should you shy away from trouble. As Inzlicht said, making efforts "seems to be the key path, maybe the only path to meeting certain needs. You can't get those without pushing yourself."

As someone who studies moral psychology, I found Delphi's weaknesses satisfying. Human moral judgment is based on reason and emotion, not the sort of thing that a large language model (LLM) can understand. After all, LLMs put together words based on probability, not a deep understanding of what these words mean.

This mismatch between human morals and machines has been a matter of deep concern. In the 1920 Czech play "R.U.R.", robots come into conflict with humans and end up taking over the world. Another classic example is AI being instructed to create as many paper boxes as possible. At first, the machine's goal is the same as the human goal. But then the AI might think that it can make more paper boxes if it kills all humans, so no one can turn off the machine. Similarly, as the computer scientist Yoshua Bengio has pointed out, an AI tasked with stopping climate change might think the best way is to decrease the human population.

It would be nice if AI could be guided by human morals. So far, many researchers have been aware that AI could not just be developed on a technical level. They argue only when LLMs are treated as minds and studied psychologically will they get equipped with high morals, which I firmly believe, too.

In 2014, the city began using water that contained dangerous levels of lead (铅), which is harmful to all, especially children. Even small amounts could cause diseases and affect learning abilities. Therefore, Jaden wanted to do something to help the kids in Flint.

Being a comic book fan, Jaden decided to create his own to raise awareness about clean water and donate funds. "Kid Brooklyn," he explained in an interview, "aims to make both kids and adults recognize global dangers."

In the first book of a series, the main character Kid Brooklyn and his friends are given an unusual Sun Stone that helps them develop super powers. They use those powers to keep the planet clean and safe. Jaden works with illustrators to bring the characters and stories to life. Jaden was twelve years old when his first book was published in October 2017. A dollar from every book Jaden sells is donated to Green for All, an organization to bring clean, fresh water to the families in Flint.

Future issues of the comic will promote different environmental causes. Jaden wants to encourage children all over the world to become scientists and engineers who can fix the problems caused by climate change. He also has a message for the kids of the world who don't have the same access to clean water as he has. "Don't get sad. Don't lose any hope. We got you."

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