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AI is too dangerous to be left with the techies
Tech giants are pushing the limits of AI development though they are yet to fully understand its inner workings
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May 2022

April 2022

Lessons from Shanghai
The lockdown in China’s financial hub shows stubbornness is not a good government policy
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Vanishing names, unchanged places
Changing the names of cities is a favourite pastime of populist leaders and nationalistic movements
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March 2022

Getting older and slowing down
Thinksight has been going for a year, and it is time to tweak the schedule slightly
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The comedy and tragedy of a war
Social media portrayal of the Ukraine situation fails to convey the real sufferings that people endure
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February 2022

The battles seen and unseen
The ongoing war in Ukraine has again raised allegations of internet manipulations. But the misuse of digital resources in Asia hardly gets reported in…
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The disease is deep-rooted in HK
The current Covid crisis gripping Hong Kong is the result of Beijing’s policy of appointing loyalists to run the city
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Joe Rogan in a spot of bother
The Spotify controversy shows science should not be treated like a Fear Factor contestant
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Offers that Hollywood can’t refuse
Movie studios in the US bend to Beijing’s wishes to get a foothold in the world’s biggest market
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January 2022

Easy to conceive, difficult to deliver
The chatter about a synthetic womb to make childbirth cheaper and easy shows that Silicon Valley cannot provide all the answers
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Two years later, back to square A
The latest coronavirus variant may be causing milder illness, but the danger it poses is no less
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