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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • 10 ways our education system could stimulate young minds

    The title is a direct quote from a summary section in the book Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson. Although the book was published in 2010, I believe that we can still learn something from it, even twelve… Read more

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  • “Blessedly disconnected”

    Perhaps, my smartphone (which died four months ago) gave my brain space to breathe and my small hands some freedom. I know I’ve become like a parrot telling you again and again how I begin to notice the people surrounding me relate to their smartphones because where else would my attention go? There’s nothing much… Read more

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  • Moving on from past successes

    As I ruminate on my past successes, I am haunted by what got you here won’t get you there idea. And it’s true. We must keep improving at what we do, creating new things, and acquiring new skills we’ve never done before so we can progress. However, when we are so preoccupied with the has… Read more

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  • My workplace in a bag

    I still thought about Seth Godin’s ‘Goodbye to the Office‘ blog post from 12 years ago. Here it goes: Factories used to be arranged in a straight line. That’s because there was one steam engine, and it turned a shaft. All the machines were set up along the shaft, with a belt giving each of… Read more

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  • China and the future of energy

    As I was searching the net for any content on the future of energy, I stumbled upon this Bloomberg Original detailing the role of China in the future of energy. In just 17 minutes, you’d glean a lot of insights into how the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter plans to reach net zero in 2060.… Read more

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  • When the internet disappeared in 2032

    Inspired by the scenario: The day the internet disappeared (from the Urgent Optimists) The rain poured out of nowhere like the storm kicked out the sunny day. But I am grateful to arrive in the office just in time before I get soaked. It’s a Monday rush, you see, and I still have deadlines. And… Read more

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  • Everything begins with a thought

    Did you ever wonder why you did what you did? Most of the time, you’ve thought about it passionately before committing it. “Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a life.” And we control the thoughts we sow–the thoughts we continually allow our minds to dwell… Read more

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