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Year End 2022
What a year 2022 turned out to be. Singapore made the pivotal opening up from covid on April 26 (was it just 7.5 months ago?), and since then the world has lurched into a major war, a global energy crisis and a global economic recession. Our natural environment and social democracy is teetering on the […]
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Devcon VI – Bogota 2022
Ambrose, Gavin, Jeremy, Shan and Shuen from the Audacity community were invited by the Ethereum Foundation to attend Devcon VI on October in South America. Thanks to the pandemic, this is the first time this annual convention was held in 3 years. What you know about Devcon VI before coming here, and what kind of […]
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Vietnam Reflections
On the 7th of September, I was able to join Shuen (Co-Founder of Terraformers) on my first trip to Vietnam. My 18-day long trip was kind of unexpected since the decision of me going was only made two weeks earlier. Our first stop in one of the fastest-growing economies in the world was Ho Chi […]
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Jakarta – The Big Durian
Indonesia has a population 270 million, making it the 4th largest nation and 10th largest economy in the world. With 37 million people and tracking to become the world’s largest city within a decade, the capital Jakarta is nicknamed The Big Durian by its residents. With approximately 50% of Indonesia’s population being under 30 years […]
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Climate and Equity Internship Introduction
This weekend Audacity’s new interns met to attend a orientation workshop lead by Scratchbac’s founder Jerry, and I have been fortunate to share that experience with them. After a short briefing about Audacity itself from ShuenHwee (cofounder of Terraformers), the start-ups Woodsol, Scratchbac, Terraformers, HEA, ClubAgenda and Ulam introduced themselves to us. Then we started […]
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Vietnam – The Rising Tiger
I was joined by Rong in Vietnam for a few days in mid-August, to attend Blockchain Connect by JobHopin. We took the opportunity to also meet with different start-up founders and ecosystem builders in Ho Chi Minh City. The blockchain connect event was a huge success with people coming from all over Vietnam, gathering in […]
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Impact 3.0 & the Olympics of Art
I spent eight days in Germany in late July, to attend Documenta and the launch of Web3.0 impact community building in Europe by one of our partner accelerators Lift99. After an intensive 72 hours with Berlin’s Web 3.0 impact startup community, it is clear why this city is a natural magnet for such an ecosystem. […]
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A culture of prevention for the future of healthcare
POV: 2032 – the first colonists have left for Mars. These colonists were selected for having the best mental health, the best physical health and the best genetic makeup to tolerate adverse environmental conditions. Upon landing, one of the colonists experiences a sight issue – the medical station on Mars did not have any devices […]
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Open Archeology 3.0 – Part 1: Getting Started
Upon returning from the long May weekend visiting the archeological sites of Mount Jerai and the Bujang Valley, my 2nd generation collector friends BT and Rong commented on how quickly I had moved as a new collector. In three months and for the price of a family vacation, I had picked up about 50 artefacts […]
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Tackling the Climate Emergency
Colin and I just completed the Oxford Climate Emergency course. The objective of this course was to nurture business leaders to drive climate action and tackle the climate emergency.