Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerWhy This Singaporean Doesn’t Write Much about SingaporeA country that’s both crazy rich and “Disneyland with the Death Penalty” doesn’t inspire one to put pen to paperOct 16, 202315Oct 16, 202315
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONThis Over-Thinker Ponders if AI Will Make Us Artificial and UnintelligentWe need to think carefully about how to make use of AI — or this might be the last time humans might ever think.May 21, 20235May 21, 20235
Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerI Traveled Home to Singapore for the First Time Since the PandemicMany things have changed, and I feel strangely out of place.Aug 11, 20228Aug 11, 20228
Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerWhy the (Chinese) Lunar New Year Isn’t Really a Lunar New YearLet’s call it for what it is and learn to be humbled by what it represents.Jan 23, 20235Jan 23, 20235
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONWhy Do So Many Children Today Want to Be YouTubers or Influencers?Could they have seen through our silly money game?Oct 22, 20225Oct 22, 20225
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONStupid Internet Videos Are Everywhere — And They Reveal 7 Cruel TruthsI’ve come to accept what stupid videos are telling me about the nature of people and the modern economy.Jan 11, 20227Jan 11, 20227
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONThis Apple Watch “Clone” Runs Only One App — and Costs a Shocking 27,000 EurosThe question is — who would buy such a thing?Sep 25, 20223Sep 25, 20223
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONAll of Us Are Slaves to CultureThere is no escaping the webs of significance that we ourselves have spun.Jul 31, 20222Jul 31, 20222
Alvin T.People Are Now Dying to Get Likes on Social Media — LiterallyMust we now consider social media as a driver of human evolution?Jul 4, 202211Jul 4, 202211
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONThe United States of America Scares the Hell out of MeIt is nothing like the country I thought it would beJun 19, 202257Jun 19, 202257
Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerWhy Interpreters and Translators Are the True Heroes We NeedMore than ever, we need to build cultural bridgesMay 19, 202214May 19, 202214
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONNo, You Aren’t Getting Rid of Social Norms with “Diversity and Inclusion”You are merely creating new onesJun 2, 20226Jun 2, 20226
Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerYou’ll Never Believe the Weirdest Thing That Happened to Me in ChinaIt was so bizarre that I can remember it to this dayMay 1, 202210May 1, 202210
Alvin T.inILLUMINATIONWhy I See a Serious Problem with the Use of the Term “Virtue Signaling”It is often invoked to take the moral high ground, dismantle the opponent, and divert the argument.Apr 11, 20228Apr 11, 20228
Alvin T.inDigital Global TravelerThe Most Exotic Food I Have Eaten Is a Korean Dish — Can You Guess What?It was high in protein and I had it together with an equally strange alcoholic mix.Mar 27, 202218Mar 27, 202218
Alvin T.Faceless Internet Trolls Aren’t Brave Enough to Write Their Own StoriesThey hide behind a fake profile picture and prey on others in the comments.Mar 20, 202212Mar 20, 202212
Alvin T.inWriters’ BlokkeDo Writers Have the Power to Change Society?And if they can, should they?Mar 9, 20224Mar 9, 20224
Alvin T.inThe ShortformThis Asian Country Shows Us An Alternative Model to Handle the COVID-19 PandemicBut it might not work anywhere else.Jan 29, 20223Jan 29, 20223
Alvin T.inThe ShortformAre You Suffering From Wanderlust?What history tells us about our desire to be somewhere else.Jan 17, 20221Jan 17, 20221
Alvin T.inThe ShortformHow To Think Deeper About BitcoinNot another Bitcoin story!Jan 8, 20224Jan 8, 20224