Spend the last two evening with Dr Zhang Luyang 张陆洋, a professor from Fudan University. He is one of the leading academic on venture capital in China. I learn a lot from him about the venture scene in China and makes me rethink about China in the short time we spend together. I reach a […]
Author: jseng
Money and Happiness
via Dani Rodrik In economics we think that happiness increases with lifetime wealth, albeit at a decreasing rate. But recent research on happiness fails to show a steep gradient between incomes and self-reported life satisfaction. But this work has typically focused on rich countries. In a recent paper, Angus Deaton uses Gallup poll data for […]
Foreign Talents in Singapore
Several weeks ago, a prominent friend whom I shall not named here said something that stick to my mind ever since. “As Singapore grows to 6.5m people mostly via importing, the positive side effect is Singapore can control the IQ of its overall population.” Population IQ is a statistic game. The IQ mean is 100. […]
Recent Books I was reading
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East Soeharto: The Life and Legacy of Indonesia’s Second President
Researchers say EEs have a ‘terrorist mindset’?
I respect academic freedom but once in a while, a paper got through that makes you think “WTF!?” The sociology paper published last November, which has been making rounds over the Internet and was recently picked up by The Atlantic, uses illustrative statistics and qualitative data to conclude that there is a strong relationship between […]
Amazing Hand Shadow show
by Raymond Crowe
The $1.4 Trillion Question
Americans sometimes debate (though not often) whether in principle it is good to rely so heavily on money controlled by a foreign government. The debate has never been more relevant, because America has never before been so deeply in debt to one country. Meanwhile, the Chinese are having a debate of their own-about whether the […]
Phew…its done!
3 months, 27 companies & research institutions for 1 hour demo. Phew, it is finally done…smooth and well received. Not my show so not for me to talk about it here but I work with some of the most amazing companies in the last 3 months. As I was watching the 1 hour demo with […]
Vint Cerf for Japan Prize 2008
Jun Murai just informed IETF that Vint Cerf has won the Japan Prize for his work on TCP/IP. Congratulations! Update: With my wine adviser in Beijing and conspirator in Washington, a lafite 1986 was delivered successfully to Vint 48 hours later. Not exactly the prized 1961 but 1986 is still a classic. Enjoy!
The Legacy of Suharto
As Suharto lies in his bed on life support, and the buzz online about MM Lee visits over the weekend, mostly negative from the Singaporeans, it is timely to remember Suharto as he is. Like many outsider to Indonesia who is less then 40 years old, my original perceptive of Suharto is a corrupted dictator […]