In February 2009, media across the world carried reports of a “whiz-kid” — a 9-year old boy called Lim Ding Wen from Singapore who became the world’s youngest iPhone app developer.
He had created an app called Doodle Kids, which allowed users to draw with their fingers on the iPhone’s…
In nature, fungi are a harbinger of death and decay. Its function is to create space by getting rid of dead material and returning nutrients to the earth, so that new plants can grow and thrive.
And connecting the tens of thousands of different types of fungi is a vast…
Have you ever wondered what motivates netizens to post knowledge and answers to platforms like Wikipedia, Reddit and Quora?
An overwhelming need to share their knowledge? Or just too much time on their hands?
Probably just the desire to receive social validation.
It is one thing to occasionally contribute to…
A long time ago, I read somewhere that judges in an abstract art competition had awarded the top prize to a painting, which, unbeknownst to them, was actually painted by an elephant in a zoo.
On July 29th, 2021, Medium announced a ‘Medium Writers Challenge’, giving away cash prizes totaling…
Once upon a time there was a little angel, who lived in Heaven with all her fellow angels. …
Elon Musk’s critical opinion of MBA graduates is well known. He has, on many occasions, talked about this publicly.
“MBA Graduates May Be Good at PowerPoint, But They Don’t Know How Things Work.”
“There might be too many MBAs running companies.”
“As much as possible, avoid hiring MBAs. MBA programs…
So this happened in China. In 2019, two university students did an AI project that involved a simple ‘wolf versus sheep’ game. The senior member of the team, a Thai national studying in China, left to work in Australia after he graduated, and the project was thus abandoned.
The junior…
During the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work for various types of bosses — different gender, nationality, industry background and ages. I’ve also started my own businesses and been the boss.
I’ve noticed that some bosses have a habit that risks forming a highly damaging culture…
In the Netflix sci-fi series Altered Carbon, there is a charming male character called Poe. He’s a hotel manager that’s really an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered hologram.
Since he’s in the hospitality business, Poe is programmed to have a warm and empathetic personality. …
We all have regrets. According to an infographic on website Happify, nine out of 10 people reported having a major regret in their lives. …
