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At one point in my career, I stood at crossroads of academia pondering what direction I should take. Do I pursue a scholarly life as a computer scientist? Or should I venture into the corporate world of business, money, and endless meetings? I seriously considered both options, and ultimately I decided to get a Master […]

Since I was about thirteen years old, I kept a running list of good ideas. I’m forty right now, so that’s almost thirty years of ideas. At its height, the list had over a thousand ideas. After some honing and pruning, it now stands at 647. Now, all of these ideas were “good” ideas at […]

In quantum mechanics, there is a theory that the mere observation of a phenomenon inevitably changes that phenomenon. It’s called the Observer effect. I think it not only exists at the atomic level, but also plays out in all aspects of our world. Earlier today, I tweeted an observation on Twitter: If enough people see […]

The global COVID-19 pandemic has not affected all countries equally. Some countries are doing a better job containing it than others. Why is that? There are many factors at play: Experience: Remember SARS back in 2003? That was a type of coronavirus. East Asian countries were particularly hard-hit by SARS, but they overcame it. Maybe […]

Can an Artificial Intelligence (AI) be a copyright holder? Can an AI get a patent? I think the answer is pretty clearcut. No. Let me explain. When a writer writes a novel, he or she owns the copyright. When a writer writes a novel in Microsoft Word, the writer still owns the copyright. Microsoft does […]

I read James Clear’s 3-2-1 Thursday emails every week. This week, he wrote: The Paradox of Freedom:The way to expand your freedom is to narrow your focus.Stay focused on saving to achieve financial freedom.Stay focused on training to achieve physical freedom.Stay focused on learning to achieve intellectual freedom. James Clear In essence, achieving freedom is […]