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Wed, January 23, 2019 | 16:11

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Brexit and Trump supporters

I stand left of center on most issues, especially those social and cultural. I prefer MSMBC over Fox News, follow George Takei on Facebook, support the spirit, if not all the rhetoric, of the Black Lives Matter movement, and have enjoyed watching one or two documentaries by Michael Moore. I am not an activist by any stretch of imagination, but I have Facebook friends who are vocal Bernie supporters. However, what has always made me feel uncomfortable about the progressive movement is how elitist it can be, especially with folks who support conservative causes such as Brexit or candidates lik...

Jason Lim | 2016-07-08 17:06

How Airbnb got blindsided by racists

Remember several months back when there was an enlightening little tidbit that went viral about the new sharing economy? It went something like how "Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate.”

Jason Lim | 2016-06-10 17:08

Women lives matter, Korea style

A young woman took a bathroom break from having a good time with her friends in a singing room located in the heart of Seoul's fabled Gangnam District. A man in his thirties, with a history of mental illness, followed her inside and stabbed her to death. They had never met each other.

Jason Lim | 2016-05-27 16:41

Neuroscience of agency

Adam Bear, writing on the MIND Guest Blog of Scientific American, describes how the mind can purposefully “rewrite history, fooling us into thinking that this choice - that was actually completed after its consequences were subconsciously perceived - was a choice that we had made all along.” In other words, we make a choice based on some subconscious decision-making process but believe that we had actually made the same choice based on some conscious, intentional reasoning. Bear, and his partner, Paul Bloom, are building on the work by psychologists Dan Wegner and Thalia Wheatly who proposed...

Jason Lim | 2016-05-13 15:16

Why couldn't Jet Li kiss Aaliyah?

Recently, major Hollywood movie studios have released stills from movies that showed Tilda Swinton playing a character who was a Tibetan male mystic in the original Marvel comics and Scarlett Johansson as Motoko Kusanagi in an adaptation of the original Japanese anime, “Ghost in the Shell.” Not unexpectedly, this created a huge uproar in the Asian-American community and accusations of “white-washing,” replacing original Asian characters with white actors in movies.

Jason Lim | 2016-04-29 16:41

Korea's entitlement pathology

Remember the Macadamia Nut rage incident in December 2014 when the eldest daughter of Korean Air’s chairman, Cho Hyun-a, was accused of throwing a tantrum at flight attendants and forcing a pilot to turn one of the airline’s planes back to the gate at JFK, all because she didn't like the way the nuts were served to passengers in the first class cabin?

Jason Lim | 2016-04-15 15:56

Amygdala Hijack politics

One of the most perplexing questions in American politics is why do white, blue-collar men - who have lost the most socioeconomic ground in the last few decades - continually and consistently vote for the Republicans when the latter party espouses economic policies that disadvantage labor in favor of business?

Jason Lim | 2016-04-01 16:17

Can AlphaGo cry?

Growing up in an era where “go” was the epitome of an outdated game from a bygone era played by old men with long pipes emitting thin trails of smoke, I never imagined the day when this ancient game would become chic again and engage in a “mano a mano” with one of the most advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) engines in the world.

Jason Lim | 2016-03-18 16:28

Where the world talks security

That’s the tagline for the RSA Conference, the biggest cybersecurity event in the world, held annually in San Francisco. According to the press release, “RSA Conference is the premier series of global events where the world talks security and leadership gathers, advances and emerges.”

Jason Lim | 2016-03-04 16:15

Confessions of Korean-American parent

So, my little boy just turned four and will be entering kindergarten next fall. Needless to say, I want my son to go to a good school. Luckily, Fairfax County in Northern Virginia is well-known for its good public schools. In fact, Fairfax is one of the preeminent destinations of the so-called “goose families.” Unfortunately, the district where I live has the worst schools in the whole county. Its elementary school rating is 2 out of 10. This obviously won't do, leading us to the penultimate question that every parent faces: Should we move to a better school district or send him to a private...

Jason Lim | 2016-02-19 16:19

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