Thang Nguyen 555
Cultures on Collision Course
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Author: Thang Nguyen 555
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The first comes natural. The second, involves an act of the will and intervention. Penn State will need to be transformed. Besides, it’s not the place. It’s the institutional mindset. We know this. We will do it, individually and collectively. It’s Sunday morning. I will use this day to reflect on my experience at Happy…
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Willful ignorance, kicking the can further down the road. Hoping it lands on someone else’s front yard. Problems got ignored, because if solved, it’s gonna cost. Penn State pedophile problem is one. One of us vs societal rule of law, subjectivity vs objectivity, warm feelings vs calm rationality. I read JoePa’s son’s op-ed in USA…
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Smart phones got computer, TV and phone screens, all in once. The combined screen. I was sitting in front of a lap top and an attached large screen. For a moment, I looked at one screen while the action took place at the other. To catch on, I need to follow the cursor to know where the…
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I saw Clinton’s book on Giving at Goodwill store. The irony did not escape me: its donor must have thought he/she should act upon the idea right away. Christmas might be the season of giving, but not when we are at a stop light, ambushed by the man with the “Help me out” sign. Our…
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Ship sinking and plane crashing. Lives in chaos and lessons in control. We keep trying. To make sense of our lives. To derive meaning from it. Try always to be the Captain of our own destiny. Sweat not the small stuffs. Focus on the big picture: the 3 E’s i.e. economy, environment and education. Ask…
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my ole friend, I come to talk with you again. We all know the tune. That which resonates and recalls of years past. The familiarity against the unknown. Familiar darkness, receding into that comfort zone, the cocoon. Farthest corner would be that mother’s womb: where it all began. Rocking motion, complete safety and insulation. That’s…
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We got into this mess (housing bubble and derivative fallacy) en mass. Are we going to suffer in isolation? No way! With crowdsourcing, virtual forum, email, cloud etc.. we got enough in our arsenal to reverse the course. Technology (the way) and the will. That’s all we need. And a little bit of love (courtesy of…
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When I logged in, it’s auto-filled. The Machine says, “if it’s routine, let me handle it”. It’s permeating: embedded in the chip, in the code and in the company. This morning, I saw a group of photographers with long-lense cameras, shooting what appeared to be a lotus (Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in Orange County, CA). At least,…
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Science has just made a great leap. Congratulations. They have discovered the equivalent of DNA of the universe. Named it Higgs, after the scientist. This lifts the burden off our shoulders: we are not faceless random masses. If there are DNA’s, there are designs and destination (you might not like it if it’s not to your preferences).…
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A Vietnamese film producer is working on his version of The Ruin and Blair Witch project etc… One idea sparks another. Localization, customization, contextualization. Photo-sharing. Moment sharing. Life sharing. What’s relevant, resonating and regretful if we missed out. Deep down inside, what’s our core values. What’s all the hustling and bustling about? Some faceless stakeholder’s values?…
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