Two and a Half Years Later: A Reflection on My Part-Time Master’s
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Re-Personalization: AI and the Classical Revival of Modern Education
The Big Idea: As AI reshapes the way we learn and work, it also challenges the foundations of modern education. This essay explores how two ancient forms of learning—classical tutoring and apprenticeship—offer promising blueprints for an AI-native world. By analyzing the bifurcation of future jobs into relational generalists
From Metal to Myth: Why Modern Money Is Built on Trust
The ability to think in abstractions is among humanity's most distinctive traits, and there is no abstraction, no collective fiction more universal than money. At the dawn of civilization, a numbered piece of paper had no practical use. You can neither eat it nor plant it, and it
Singaporean Exceptionalism: The Power and Precarity of a Modern City-State
On May 12, 1797, the Doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin, abdicated. The Great Council, the primary legislative body, voted overwhelmingly to dissolve the Most Serene Republic. Two days later, Napoleon marched in with his troops and raised the French tricolor over the Piazza San Marco. After 1,100 years, Venice,
Why Singapore’s Adult Literacy Is Falling Despite High Global Rankings
Singapore's literacy challenge is often overlooked, being neither a pressing economic concern nor a matter of fundamental rights. Given our national focus on pragmatism, these issues of literacy can seem peripheral. Singapore consistently ranks among the world’s best — with one of the highest GDPs per capita, exceptional