tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36277367015709138852024-03-14T03:06:48.831+08:00(The) Boring FishermanA dumping ground for personal thoughtsLee Chin Waihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250390011842795509noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627736701570913885.post-63264937531668525122015-04-12T23:00:00.000+08:002015-04-12T23:00:20.135+08:00Tribute to a Statesman
This post is a little late.
When Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away, I paid my last respects to him at Parliament House and at the community tribute site. But I did not know what to write in the condolence books then. It was only a week later that I realised something. At the time of his passing, I could not find a building named after him, nor did he have a long string of national awards and titles Lee Chin Waihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250390011842795509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627736701570913885.post-75636902654320081182014-06-01T01:55:00.000+08:002015-01-18T18:38:39.557+08:00Capitalism, Consumerism & The Distribution of Wealth
How do you become a millionaire? In theory, it is quite easy. Just convince a million person to give you a dollar each. In practice, it can be quite difficult to do so, judging by the people who beg at MRT stations and hawker centres. The trick then is to give people something they want and ask for more in return. For example, if you have a product that costs $10 to produce and distribute, sell Lee Chin Waihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250390011842795509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627736701570913885.post-17948196443065420892013-06-16T23:48:00.000+08:002015-01-18T18:39:59.734+08:00The Economics of Income Inequality
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Many years ago, a friend brought me to watch the movie “The Matrix”.
I’m not sure if you could still remember the story, but Neo, the main
character in the movie, was told that humans were reared as “batteries”
to supply energy to the machine world. I pondered about this for a
while, wondering whether the story could be true. While I found no plug
behind my head to plug me into the Lee Chin Waihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250390011842795509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627736701570913885.post-48539684787176621422013-04-02T00:11:00.002+08:002013-06-20T23:52:54.634+08:00A Knowledge-Based Economy is not a Grades-Based Economy
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Lee Chin Waihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250390011842795509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627736701570913885.post-80710312170428562942013-04-02T00:11:00.000+08:002013-06-17T00:19:19.510+08:00A Dumping Ground for Thoughts
This is a dumping ground for wild thoughts. Since I had spent countless hours thinking about them, I might as well publish them on a blog. Who knows, maybe someone will stumble upon it and give me some comments for new thoughts!
Happy surfing around :)
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