to elaborate: Singapore is geographically endowed because we sit at the mouth of the strait of malacca and is a deep water harbour which makes it an obvious port. But, bc we are an island - we are not landlocked. This means you are not dependent on your bigger neighbours’

Stop paying so much attention to what everyone else is doing and run your own race. How much time is spent reading other people's posts on social media, watching other people's exploits in the news, listening to other people's ideas on podcasts? Go have coffee with a friend. Go

In no other country does one have access to weapons that allow you to shoot at people on a university campus no less

I will never understand American obsession with guns

celebrating VC can be a good thing if you believe dilution allows you to accelerate your mission. If not it’s all hype

The miracle was not Lee Kuan Yew. The miracle was that Goh Keng Swee, S Rajaratnam and him were on the same page in the early years (and the two of them were happy to let him be the first amongst equals)

Seeing Singaporeans yapping and fighting about Charlie Kirk’s assassination further proves globalisation isn’t dead. Ideas transmit at breakneck speed regardless of how many tariffs Trump puts up. But as a great thinker once put it to me: studying history teaches us how to

Figure is still figuring out

the real tragedy of Charlie Kirk is that nothing will change. It’s crazy how two weeks after his death- there has been close to zero discourse on gun controls still crazy how cooked US policy is. I used to want to go to the US not anymore

America and China are not natural enemies and they don't need to be. Much of China's early technological innovation was underwritten by American capital. Many Chinese tech entrepreneurs were also equally inspired and educated by American entrepreneurs. Now, as China rises to

speaking with friends from other countries, i realize singaporeans legit have a tiger mom mentality towards our govt (we literally expect them to score 100/100 all the time)

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there is a case to be made for epistemic humility

Two things to remember : 1) they fund cluely 2) average American can’t point out where Taiwan is on a map Bonus: wars are ultimately won with boots on the ground. What is the actual benefit of the US fighting China over Taiwan? Like fr

Dude didn’t say that

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actually hard agree

don’t need to boil water lo