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I wrote this article 12 years ago on 15 October 2010 as a very young adult, for the very young adults. Back then my readers were of the same age as me. Today I am re-publishing it here not becauseโฆ
I wrote this article 12 years ago on 15 October 2010 as a very young adult, for the very young adults. Back then my readers were of the same age as me. Today I am re-publishing it here not becauseโฆ
In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book called ‘On the Origin of Species’. It detailed the Theory of Evolution, of which natural selection is core of the theory. In short, all organisms evolve and fit into the environment in whichโฆ
In 1971, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Networkย (ARPANET) went operational and served the needs of the US military in the area of communications and file transfer. It was the first intranet system on which the internet was based on. Theโฆ
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit. – Milton Friedman In basic economics, students learn about Keynesian theory and monetary theory, which are theories of John Maynardโฆ
The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them. – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin On 5 October 2022, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Russian assets confiscated abroad should be used to rebuild Ukraine, in whichโฆ
The Fed mentioned that they will clamp down on inflation by raising interest rates. Inflation originally caused by them mass printing money. From an original dovish tone, the Fed had turned increasingly hawkish. In this year alone they have raisedโฆ
Recently I have a friend who came to me for advice. She is a foreigner who graduated in Singapore with a Masters degree, and went on to find a job in a multi-national company (MNC) in Singapore. Her direct supervisor,โฆ
People would rather trust a credible person whom they hate than to believe in the words of a dishonest friend. This not only applies to people, but to organisations and countries. One good example is the Swiss banking industry. Muchโฆ
Loyalty – something impressed upon us since young. Loyalty to the spouse, to the company and above all to the country. The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘loyal’ as giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to aโฆ
In 1989, Chinese university students started a protest in Tiananmen, right at the heart of the political centre of China in Beijing. They demanded for democracy and were swiftly clamped down by the military. In 2020, Hong Kong started aโฆ
In Chinese there is a famous saying: ไธๅญๆไธ๏ผๆ ๅไธบๅคง. There are 3 aspects of not being filial, of which not having descendants is the biggest act of being unfilial. For a very long time, Japan is known to be the havingโฆ
“If you kill a cockroach you are a hero. If you kill a butterfly you are evil. Morality has aesthetic standards.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Background Who decides what is right or wrong, what is good or evil? The one whoโฆ