“Arts? Oh. Well. And you do think that’s useful?” Even my friend’s practiced British politeness couldn’t cover up his disdain. Social etiquette forbade me from thrusting a boiled potato up his nose. I… Continue reading
Thucydides (with a stony-looking expression on his face) Philosophers have been aware of what we today know as “the confirmation bias” for thousands of years. A Greek by the name of Thucydides (why… Continue reading
Over a plate of Vietnamese rice paper rolls with a new-found acquaintance, I was asked a question I couldn’t quite answer. Where do you see yourself in ten years? It sounded like a… Continue reading
