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'Your user agreement sucks'

During a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees this week, Joe Kennedy, the Republican senator from Louisiana told Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Your user agreement sucks. The purpose of a user agreement is to cover Facebook's rear end, not inform users of their rights."

Jason Lim | 2018-04-13 18:19

Race, genetics and us

National Geographic's Instagram account recently posted a striking picture of two girls, one white and one black; they are twin sisters. Here is the official caption: “11-year-old twins Millie (left) and Marcia (right) from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, pose for the cover of this month's special issue on Race. Their mother calls them her 'rainbow twins.' 'They're my miracles,' she says. Race is a made-up label used to define and separate us.”

Jason Lim | 2018-03-30 17:53

Men against self-driving cars

The Economist's special report, “Self-driving cars will profoundly change the way people live,” explores the different foreseen and unforeseen consequences of self-driving cars to the way we live. It provides fascinating insights into how our everyday lives will change because cars will now be able to drive themselves.

Jason Lim | 2018-03-16 17:37

Strategy and Business, a publication of the consulting giant Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), recently published a piece titled, “The Bionic Company,” to make the case that today's businesses need to get a handle on three new forms of capital that are critical to creating value: behavior, cognitive and network capital.

Jason Lim | 2018-03-02 17:19

Whose 'future' is it anyway?

There was a little confusion over names of political parties recently. Well, lots of confusion, actually. But it provides an interesting insight into the political narratives that will be in play come the June midterm elections in Korea.

Jason Lim | 2018-02-18 20:18

I thought that I had misheard when Sohn Suk-hee, the renowned anchor of JTBC's flagship news program, stated that Seo Ji-hyun, a prosecutor, was actually in the studio and willing to show her face while discussing her experience as a victim of sexual misconduct.

Jason Lim | 2018-02-02 17:17

Cryptocurrency as generational narrative

It's not an exaggeration to say that South Korea has gone gaga over cryptocurrency. For something that can't really buy anything in real life, cryptocurrency has certainly taken on a virtual life of its own as the new gold rush where a lucky strike can result in a windfall.

Jason Lim | 2018-01-19 17:08

Your citizen score

On June 14, 2014, the State Council of China published the "Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System" that contained a rather radical and disturbing proposition: that the government could rank your trustworthiness based on your behavior and custom curate public good and commercial privileges based on your ranking.

Jason Lim | 2018-01-05 18:56

Taxonomy of K-pop

Kim Jong-hyun of K-pop boy band SHINee committed suicide a few days ago. While other Korean celebrities have committed suicide in the past _ most notably actress Choi Jin-sil in 2008 _ Kim's untimely death garnered domestic and international coverage.

Jason Lim | 2017-12-22 16:00

Is consciousness more than the brain?

The physical location of consciousness is an interesting problem that has been vexing neuroscientists, philosophers, and religious thinkers alike. A key question is whether consciousness is entirely a function of the brain, or is there more to consciousness than just the individual's biology? A logical corollary is whether an individual's consciousness belongs entirely to oneself or is it something that's shared somehow with one's surroundings? If shared, then what's the platform through which it's shared?

Jason Lim | 2017-12-07 12:46

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