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Everything in life is just for a while
A reflection on time, presence, and looking up.
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How TEMU works
Dec 3, 2025
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Curating daily news for info and fun
Mar 14, 2025
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From Parent to Peer
Jun 13, 2025
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The Poverty Trap(s)
Jul 23, 2025
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Who Does This City Belong To?
Adelaide is cutting down a hundred years of living history for a golf course, and the government doesn’t want you to know the details.
May 14
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You Are a Lump of Clay
What the Heart Sutra means when it says "Everything is Emptiness"
May 9
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Francis Tan
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The "Original" original
The story of Tao Huabi, the founder of Lao Gan Ma
Mar 18
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Francis Tan
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The House Always Wins
The mathematics of why gambling is not a strategy for wealth.
Mar 15
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Francis Tan
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Luck as a Strategy
Why fortune favours the prepared.
Mar 13
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Francis Tan
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Breaking the Gates of Hell
A Ritual of Agency for the Living after a loved one dies.
Mar 10
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Francis Tan
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A 60-Year Cycle of Global Realignment
What a thousand years of history can tell us about the next two years.
Mar 5
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Francis Tan
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The Fire Horse Returns
A Historical Perspective of the Bing Wu Year
Feb 18
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Francis Tan
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The Art of Being Useless
Why being too useful is slowly wearing us down
Jan 5
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Francis Tan
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How China's Manufacturing Works
Why the World is Made in China
Dec 18, 2025
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Francis Tan
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How Shein Works
The Reality Behind the World’s Fastest Fashion Machine
Dec 11, 2025
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Social Media Restrictions for under 16
Bad idea. I think it is better to educate and to empower
Dec 9, 2025
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