Sachin Yadav

I came to the Netherlands for my masters in Sustainable Energy Technologies at TU Delft. I was really fascinated by the kind of research on renewable energy technologies being conducted here. Working at NEON brings me a step closer to achieving a future sustainable world. Recently, I came across the idea of a “hyperobject”, a term coined by Timothy Morton. A hyperobject is a phenomena that exists between a vast space and time. All the human beings are directly or indirectly affected by a hyperobject however, it might not be perceivable by everybody. To understand these phenomena, we need to acquire multidisciplinary knowledge of science, philosophy, etc. The iceberg represents a hyperobject (also present on the cover of Timothy Morton’s book). We can only perceive a part of the iceberg however, much of it remains hidden from our gaze. Working at NEON is like working to solve the puzzle of global warming which itself can be considered a hyperobject. It affects everybody on our planet, spans centuries in time, and to understand its impact, we need to gather knowledge from multiple disciplines.