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China’s prosperity ‘just a facade’?

02-Mar-09

After reading a newspaper article titled “The penny drops in China”, and reading about how hundreds of billionaires have suddenly been relegated to the grey zone, where people who lose their high-level protection from the Chinese Government suddenly lose all their rights, even to the right to trial. 5 years ago all I heard was [...]

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World without borders

28-Feb-09

After reading a recent tweet from a friend ranting about crunchyroll’s region locking and disabling watching some anime for some people living in certain regions, it got me thinking. It certainly seemed that the disabling was due to either commercial interests (ie. they already sell/broadcast the stuff there) or simple fear of piracy (prevention of [...]

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I am considerate, therefore I am human

25-Feb-09

Part of our being human is the fact that we are capable of much higher thought than other animals are capable of. Our thoughts are not just shaped by instinct and purpose, but also by a higher level of consciousness capable of vetoing some actions that many may consider the most reasonable. For example, if [...]

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Private schools vs Public schools?

24-Feb-09

After reading a link a friend sent me today, I was left utterly speechless at the absurdity of the situation. A school closing without notice is just plain unethical in my opinion. What’s worse, is that I don’t see Singapore doing much to help these students left high and dry after finding the gates shut [...]

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