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NYT‘s David Brooks zoomed out to reveal the evolution of our social philosophy, from care for the Soul, to Personality then eventually to Decision-making (data deluge). This is the age of the intelligent machine. Massaging data. Algorithm and Analytic. No wonder, machine language also creeps into our daily speech. Let’s try to pin them down. First we google…
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Instead of “I woke up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me…” like Paul McCartney, I woke up to strange sounds these days: peddlers who use “low tech” au parleur (bull horn) mounted on bicycles or tri-cycles (selling boot-legged CD‘s). In fact, it was my first time got chased by pleasant sound from…
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Kansas didn’t expect its slow number to be a hit, but there it was: Dust in the Wind. I am privy to have met three gentlemen, all Vietnamese nano technology scientists. Through them, I learn about our next frontier, not out there, but right here e.g. coconut shells from which carbon nano tubes can be…