Speak Your Language
A small anecdote to illustrate why one should stick to one’s language when arguing.
French, Humor, Corporate Life
Work and Life
My thoughts on corporate life, work-life balance or the lack thereof and so on.
Physics, Humor, Life and Death, Philosophy
Everything and Nothing
If somebody asks you what you are, here is one way to answer.
Work and Life, Corporate Life, Science
The Student Debt Crisis
This is a guest post by Sofia Rasmussen exploring the ramifications of student loan burdens.
Work and Life, Corporate Life, Environment
Ethics In Business and Leadership
Prof. Surya Sethi gave this speech at the World Forum for Ethics in Business – International Leadership Symposium
Monday, April 2, 2012 in Singapore. Passionate and eloquent, this speech details some of the shocking truths about the world we live in. A learned expose on the many topics I have tried to bring to my readers, this speech is reproduced on the Unreal Blog with the kind permission of the speaker.
Work and Life, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Subprime: When Good Intentions Turned Sour
As the world is still feeling the reverberations of the 2008 global financial crisis, a lot of blame has been
A Parker Pen from Singapore
About a fifty-year old Parker pen that held an important lesson for me. A lesson in how to be a good father. What it takes is infinite patience.
Life and Death, Philosophy
Dualism
Dualism is a misunderstood concept. At least, I didn’t understand it too well. This post is a more refined view on it, which may not still be complete or accurate. Since everything in philosophy (and life) is interconnected, this short post brings together a lot of what I think of life, the universe and everything.
How to be a Good Parent
Practical advice to my younger readers.
Topical, Life and Death, Philosophy
Death — Last Words
The sixth and last post on the philosophy of death looks at the paradox or the absurdity of living at all, given that there is a death looming, and tries to find a sliver lining.
Topical, Life and Death, Philosophy
Does the World Go on?
The fifth post on the philosophy of death looks at another notion of continuity. Even for those who believe in no soul or god of any kind, the physical world is real and continuous. No sane person would think the world comes to an end with his death. Then again, nobody has accused me of sanity.
Primal Soul
What is soul, and why do we need one? Philosophy of death is surely incomplete without a discussion of this matter. Here is the fourth post in this series.
Topical, Life and Death, Philosophy
From Here to Eternity
The severity of a pain is not merely its intensity, but its duration as well. Given that death puts a definitive end to our worldly durations, how does it affect our notion of punishment commensurate with crime? Here is the third post on the philosophy of death.