The document describes three types of people: Takers, who manipulate and exploit others for personal gain; Exactors, who strictly follow laws and avoid problems, keeping themselves pure; and Life-sharers, who were once despised but understand the feeling of being ignored, and see people in need as deserving of love.
Market Yourself Through LinkedIn - KMG Presentation (1/23/14)Lynn Hazan
Learn how to use LinkedIn to showcase your skills and stand out from the competition. Full of tips, tricks and examples to improve your profile, including SlideShare. Follow these steps to become an outstanding candidate.
What is a human soul? Assuming the soul exists, ‘when’ was it created and how does it interact with the body? Would a brain-damaged person be a soul-damaged person, too?
If a person’s brain were 100% replaced with electronical components, would s/he still be the same person? Can a machine be a person (as long as ‘on the outside’ it behaved like one)? Does a robot have ‘free-will’?
Slides for a TEDx talk delivered at University of Malaya on March, 23rd (2019).
It is a common but not unrealistic stereotype of Asian students that educational success is a matter of personal identity and status. As such, achieving distinctions in as many subjects as possible (the popular target of becoming a ‘straight A’ student) is usually a non-negotiable objective nurtured by both parents and educators. Such an obsessive pursuit of academic excellence produces both laudable outcomes (e.g. the tendency of Asian students to outperform their counterparts) as well as dangerous ones (e.g. worrying rates of mental health problems). This paper hopes to apply the concept of anti-fragility developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb─in particular one of its methods known as the Barbell Strategy─towards student learning, in the hope of a) maintaining a trajectory of academic excellence whilst b) avoiding the psychological pressures which usually accompany Asian students.
Full paper available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328653770_NURTURING_THE_ANTI-FRAGILE_STUDENT_The_Barbell_Strategy_and_Academic_Excellence_sans_the_Strain
Market Yourself Through LinkedIn - KMG Presentation (1/23/14)Lynn Hazan
Learn how to use LinkedIn to showcase your skills and stand out from the competition. Full of tips, tricks and examples to improve your profile, including SlideShare. Follow these steps to become an outstanding candidate.
What is a human soul? Assuming the soul exists, ‘when’ was it created and how does it interact with the body? Would a brain-damaged person be a soul-damaged person, too?
If a person’s brain were 100% replaced with electronical components, would s/he still be the same person? Can a machine be a person (as long as ‘on the outside’ it behaved like one)? Does a robot have ‘free-will’?
Slides for a TEDx talk delivered at University of Malaya on March, 23rd (2019).
It is a common but not unrealistic stereotype of Asian students that educational success is a matter of personal identity and status. As such, achieving distinctions in as many subjects as possible (the popular target of becoming a ‘straight A’ student) is usually a non-negotiable objective nurtured by both parents and educators. Such an obsessive pursuit of academic excellence produces both laudable outcomes (e.g. the tendency of Asian students to outperform their counterparts) as well as dangerous ones (e.g. worrying rates of mental health problems). This paper hopes to apply the concept of anti-fragility developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb─in particular one of its methods known as the Barbell Strategy─towards student learning, in the hope of a) maintaining a trajectory of academic excellence whilst b) avoiding the psychological pressures which usually accompany Asian students.
Full paper available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328653770_NURTURING_THE_ANTI-FRAGILE_STUDENT_The_Barbell_Strategy_and_Academic_Excellence_sans_the_Strain
Understanding what constitutes an ARGUMENT: PREMISE + CONCLUSION
Understanding FALLACY i.e. when there exists a disconnect between premises and conclusions
Understanding fallacies of IRRELEVANCE and INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
Hulk or Prof X? : An Introduction to Anti-FragilityAlwyn Lau
Introducing the concept of 'anti-fragile', developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Sorry the slide presentation lacks text, for more info on the concept as applied to academia check out my articles below:
https://www.malaymail.com/s/1236155/child-sacrifices-are-we-letting-exams-kill-our-kids
https://www.malaymail.com/s/1009939/highway-or-hydra-can-our-children-handle-setbacks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fragile-robust-and-anti-fragile-225945733.html
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