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62: Career 2 - On Purpose

Apr 16, 2022 · 7 min read · #Career

Preamble: Background homework - Individual beliefs and values As a massive, hugeee prerequsite to thinking about how we feel about work must be developing an understanding and appreciation of our own worldviews. (instrospective mUcH?). It starts with aligning our definition of purpose with the actions we take (like work) must sense of life’s ideology and what we deem to be more meaningful than others. Perhaps the thinking here may be thought-provoking - but never prescriptive.

61: Career 1 - On a Purposeful Career and Meaningful work

Apr 15, 2022 · 3 min read · #Career

Preamble First of all, I am in a blessed position where I do not have to obsess about finances (the most relevant goal of work). Instead, I explore the more indulgent aspects of work, assuming we are able to put enough food on the table and live well. This is made possible with limited liabilities and a stable background, which I must remind myself not to take for granted. This series pens down my personal thinking behind work and its meaning - to act as an mental anchor to be deliberate, wise and free to make sound choices in this impactful area of life.

60: On Love and War

Feb 26, 2022 · 4 min read · #personal , #current affairs

Hectic and busy as of late, with both work and personal. On Love Specifically, it has been celebratory time with the family - a big milestone / event happening for closed loved ones. Indeed, while there were some tragedies earlier in the year - with the old, comes the new, and so the cycle continues… But in the pursuit of truth and overarching frameworks - Love is one of those everlasting mysteries, like life, art, and what goes into mcnuggets.

59: On Millenials and CryptoMania 2

Jan 18, 2022 · 4 min read · #Economics

Cryptomaniallenials and the loss of meaning Big question number two: How did this entirely new thing emerge? Particularly so for a generation that had witnessed a global financial crisis - why is their risk tolerance so high? Big question, here is my take: It is the perfect storm of several megatrends. Financial: An economy aflush with cash Economic: An economy that values the intangible and non-physical products more than physical ones (link post) A stripped out Millenial workforce facing high debt/expenses Weakened traditional wealth-growing prospects Social

58: On Millenials and CryptoMania 1

Jan 15, 2022 · 4 min read · #Economics

Ah Millenials. I mean Millenials as I picture an old fellow spittling away with a brusque sneer: A pittance of morality; lazy, arrogant foolish. I keep seeing viewpoints how different generations perceive one another - with one baby boomer generation ruining the world into purgatory, and the second millenial generation squandering wealth and its perceived nurgatory (subsequent generations are too stuck in their phone games to matter in this debate…until they’re able to infleunce votes).

57: Political Structures 1: The Spectrum of Ideological Effectivness

Jan 10, 2022 · 5 min read · #Government

TLDR; This post summarises my take/framework to understand political structures Disclaimer: I like the one I am under currently. — A Singaporean and an American walk into the college bar. I remember bringing up the phrase a “Benevolent Dictatorship” - as the craft beer seeped into the recesses of my brain and dug up this phrase that I saw once, somewhere, sometime. (I don’t think I was clever enough to come up with it on the spot, drunk enough perhaps).

56: Commentary: Profiteering is in the Eye of the Beholder

Jan 10, 2022 · 3 min read · #economics

As a matter of building off previous posts, and to ensure the “permanance” of content amidst numerous evolving conceptual ideas, I’ll add some additional ideas / thoughts through separate posts. This way, if there are interesting articles I read along the way that are relevant to a past post, I’ll add a commentary such as this one. Recently (clearly not today, as I am hardly able to maintain a regular time to write), I came across an article by the New York Times by Peter Coy discussing how big boy pharma companies are making bank (well specifically, profits) off the pandemic.

55: Obligatory 2022 Post - Frameworks for calibrating the Compass of Life

Jan 10, 2022 · 5 min read · #personal

Semi-obligatory, but nonetheless important to just privately . As I type this, I am currently in between an old job and new one, carving out a momentary pause for reflection. …and weakly attempting to clear 19 blog posts in the backlog. Trying out Zettlr instea of Typora, as the latter has launched with a subscription fee. Moving forward, I will label the post number in the header… technically this is my 43rd file, but it seems that my numbering had missed a chunk of post 20-somethings and its gone a bit off the rails.

My Response to the COP26 Response

Nov 2, 2021 · 3 min read

TLDR; I summarise here the elegant maths equation to solving sustainability; And also why its so hard to implement. Oh my, two posts in one evening. I’ve seen my social media (mainly linkedin, and some news) feeds being a flurry of activity and complaints meaningful progress, blame and finger pointing on the lack of action on climate progress. It spurred me to more acutely synthesise my thoughts on this topic.

Sustainability as the next economic chapter - A note of validation on my earlier posts

Nov 2, 2021 · 3 min read

TLDR; This is a self-indulgent pat on the back. Oh dear! Its been 2 months since the last post. I continue to have a backlog, but my attention has been focused on other matters personal and professional. This post calls back to an earlier post written off thoughts I’ve been engrossed on over the last 3 years. Specifically, on the increasing role of Sustainability and its emergence as an Economic Chapter in its own right.