Below are last week’s topics of interest: HeartMath research, using behavioural tools to reduce domestic violence, savants and closing with Alan Watts. Enjoy. 1. HeartMath Title: Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on EEG Alpha Asymmetry and Anxiety Symptoms in Male Athletes: A Pilot Study Link: NCBI I’ve been meditating for 10+ years and …
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Wide range of topics this week from recent stats and update on women in the VC ecosystem, through an update on Hong Kong to migrant workers in China. 1. Women in the VC ecosystem Title: PitchBook – All Raise All In: Women in the VC Ecosystem Link: Pitchbook Few stats that I found relevant: …
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Greetings again from Singapore. Below is a list of articles and videos that caught my attention this week, ranging from media, to big tech regulation and a spiritual running race. 1. Media and entertainment Title: Who will win the media wars? Link: The Economist Many booms turn to bust. Unlike, say, WeWork, most entertainment firms …
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Wide range of articles, videos and books from last week, from Zen Buddhism through big tech back to Zen. 1. Zen Buddhism Title: Bhaddekaratta Sutta: The Sutra of Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone Link: DailyZen The Buddha taught: Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no …
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Below are a few things that I enjoyed reading this week. 1. Food and agriculture Title: The Investment Case for Alternative Protein Link: AgFunder This paper is an investment pitch in part but it provides useful information and data for those interested to read further about the subject. The global demand for animal products …
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Once again, greetings from Singapore! Below are a few articles and videos that I found interesting this week. 1. My all time favourite website… Astronomy picture of the day (from NASA) Space has been a childhood fascination and a few months ago I found this website that NASA updates daily with fantastic and often …
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Greetings from Singapore, where I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks. 1. Home schooling in China… More Chinese are home schooling their kids (The Economist) Home schooling remains highly controversial. In 2017, for the first time, the education ministry openly attacked the practice, calling it “very unfavourable to a child’s lifelong development”. It reminded …
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Greetings from Hong Kong and Singapore! 1. Conscious kids… Generation Alpha (from JWT Intelligence) “Brands, take heed: a rising generation of digital native consumers, born between 2010 and 2025, are primed to overhaul the consumer landscape. Raised on technology, eagerly principled and the apples of their parents’ eyes, this generation’s expectations already present a powerful …
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While writing (books, journals, blog posts etc) is really good fun reading provides me with just as much as joy. Learning from other’s ideas and mistakes is priceless. I read a lot, 50-60 books a year (especially on this sabbatical trip we started in 2018). I carry hundreds of books on my iPad but only …
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It was a year ago I published my book ‘Eighteen and Cancer‘. Writing a book is hard, or so I learned, while doing so about something so personal is even harder. My intention with publishing it was twofold: (i) help others by sharing my story about the diagnosis and how I overcame it – not …