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Decarbonization means differently for different people
Before we talk about decarbonization, let me first share a story… #AcademicTwitter made it possible for me to be connected to people I never thought I would. Why? Because they are renowned people and professionals in their own right. Meanwhile, I feel like a striving academic (making ends meet) in an identity crisis. Anyway, back… Read more
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Challenging the status quo
One afternoon, I was waiting for a taxi on a busy street. It was so busy that it gave me the illusion of ‘taxi abundance’ in the area. And as minutes came and went, I started to feel the tension between challenging the status quo (staying where I am because I’ve already spent time doing… Read more
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Should you ditch the old model and buy a new one?
It really felt nostalgic having my dead smartphone again in my hands. It felt unusually bulky than the keypad phone I’m beginning to get used to. And this is the time to take it out from its grave. Because my work and lifestyle is way much intertwined with how I connect to mobile devices. I… Read more
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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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