humankind and humanity
When a baby is a burden
I see in my baby girl not just joy, but also a metaphor of renewal, hope and a bright future. Yet, in the last one week, I was privileged a peak at a family in which the baby, while naturally drawing smiles and love from the family members as a function of animal instinct, is […]
MoreConclusions from US presidential election 2020
– a core aspect of democracy in US is alive and well and will throw a corrupt leader out, contrary to the idea that Trump’s election in 2016 was proof of the death of it. – naysayers who spit on the idea of free media here conveniently forget that they consume, wholesale, the daily free […]
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My uncle said he can’t imagine the future of Singapore’s
I replied off the cuff that the easiest way to peer into our future is to look at countries more advanced than we are. On the one hand we have the United States and Europe, on the other hand we have China. The obvious measure of advancement at this point in time is through a […]
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The right to industry vs unnecessary risk taking: On land cost impeding entrepreneurship
Unless one’s business is fully digital and can work from home, the small business owner requires space for operation. “Entrepreneurship” has taken on a badge of honour, and that persons who eventually succeed have surmounted an incredible amount of risk. Among those risks is the exorbitant land cost, i.e. rent or mortgage, that one needs […]
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Creativity vs rote learning in music
My friend Nikhil who hosts his own Nikhil Hogan Show, and who is the founder of the Songbird Music Academy, made points about the music education industry in his interviews and videos that I had suspected when I studied music in secondary school. Back then, I was neither enlightened nor did I have the awareness […]
MoreA mirror of the current state of the world: too many people watch the same few movies.
