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Hitler’s rise and self perceived percipience
There were those truly aligned with Hitler’s ideology. Yet there were also those who voted Hitler in free will, only to find themselves sent off, against their wills, to war. In voting Hitler, their “stupidity”, which is an oversimplified conclusion based on 20/20 hindsight that is in itself a product of a shortfall of scrutiny […]
MoreFathers of political science exist, you know.
It is not difficult to understand that we turn to the fathers of physics, for example Newton, to learn physics. Same for all other conceivable disciplines. We do not learn and discuss literature without the relevant father figures etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. Yet in political discussions, most defer only to […]
MoreBoard games and work use the same brain muscles and it’s boring
I literally play no games, at all. It adds fatigue onto an already tired mind and I figured it may be because problem solving both in games and in life uses the same faculties of the brain. Playing games would pile additional stress and boredom into the mind. Instead, I read, play the piano, run, […]
MoreThe effort put in by a hardworking employee would see a greater return if in own business
The hard work I see some of my friends put in would have already seen them through success if they had put that effort into their own business long ago.
MoreReading a lot is no different from watching TV a lot; merely consumption
The statement in the title is really about satisfaction. The highest form of satisfaction is derived, from any activity, by production, not merely by consumption. To sit and read is the same as sitting and watching the television. Compare this with, for example, playing the piano. In order to consume a particular composition, you must […]
MoreAsked about sustainability by IKEA
I was asked about the sustainability of my leather belts. There is endless material on sustainability and leather on the Internet. So much so that if I told the lady from IKEA interviewing me that my belts were sustainable, will she believe me, really? But herein lies a definition of sustainability that is likely overlooked: […]
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Proud of my friend for helping ex offenders
Carpentry cannot work. There is simply no use for that skill in singapore. Same reflection as schools and the real world economy. Given new skills like journalism, coding, SEO, website building, use of YouTube etc. And that is what my friend’s programme name is all about.
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Decluttering two generations of clutter
There is no real way to build a way forward when I have material and emotional baggage to declutter.
MoreDifferences in cultural capital
I straddle a wide range of social strata. On one hand, I have a friend whose family’s address is in the prime shopping district in town. The family business is a private fund management of sorts and the advice dispensed to my friend is to learn how to invest in the family business. That way […]
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Guide to finding the right tailor in Bangkok
It is impossible to determine the right tailor if it is one’s first experience. It took me 8 suits tailored over 10 years to find the one tailor that I call my personal tailor. I will start with the easiest marker and progress onto the next more complex marker, and the next, till you have […]
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