Earth
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In Eastern cultures, one relies on traditional matchmakers to “read” marriage prospects. Online, we’ve got eHarmony.com or Match.com. Over job interviews, we rely on body language, off-guard remarks and (in)consistencies to form an impression and to determine candidate’s culture-fit. If only could you read my heart. How are we to determine his/her reaction after the…
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Organizations and people in them tend to take this path. Status quo. Business as usual. The comfort of routine. The predictable, mechanical rhythm. Makes the world go round. Until we drop out. One person at a time. Dust comes to dust. But the morgue still sends the bills. Please pay by a certain date, or else,…
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Some live behind their times. Others ahead of them. Tesla was definitely of the latter. Wireless was his thing. Lincoln was another forward-thinker, enabler and en-actor of abolition. Our next hero is poised to deliver us from oil dependency. That day will come, as surely as the sun rises in the East and set in…
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Dead Valley is known to be the hottest place on Earth. Yet millions have traveled pass there on their way to Las Vegas. Venture Capitalists are also well versed in what’s so called “valley of death” i.e. when a start-up moved pass its honey-moon stage, and simply cannot sustain the burnt rate. Yet people keep trying. Then,…
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The intangible qualities. We can only recognize them when we see them. How can we put a measure on that which makes us human i.e. mortal yet full of life versus a machine whose sole existence is to carry out instructions and perform repetitive tasks without getting bored (the sad thing is when the machine gets…
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They are out there, sleeping in street corners, behind dumpsters, in the park and parking lot. They move about collecting bottles and cans, junk and juice. We have trained our eyes to tune them out, to ignore their pleas and pitches. We certainly don’t read their signs. We already knew, since it’s written on cardboard…
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The Curiosity Rover landed intact. Mission Control jumped up and down. Machine and Man. One giant step. Let’s hug, even the meanest-looking of guys. From Moon to Mars (better known as a candy bar), machine as modern-day Columbus. Something in the way she moves. Knowledge gap will be filled in the days ahead, on-screen and online. Ask…
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Out of hundreds, emerged one. Winner of the throne. Winner of brand simple. Vua Hung Vuong, Vietnam‘s first King. His campaign? Neither communication skill, nor combating skill. But culinary skill. Simple dishes yet full of meaning: square bean cake representing the Earth, round one the Moon. Harmony without and symmetry within. Bingo! The throne is yours.…
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It rained on the book fair here in Saigon. Word and water don’t mix. But I must admit seeing young readers eager to browse anything and everything, even kissing the note books we handed out, warms my heart. I can relate to why the Happiness Index listed top countries such as Costa Rica and Vietnam. Money might…
Thang Nguyen 555 