PinnedWhat Both Sides Get Wrong in Singapore’s Meritocracy DebateIn a recently published Straits Times op-ed titled Meritocracy and how to manage its downsides, veteran journalist Chua Mui Hoong reopened…Nov 12, 20202Nov 12, 20202
Using Random Forest and XGBoost To Predict IncomeIn this article, I build two predictive machine learning models — Random Forest and XGBoost — to find out what demographic factors…Oct 28, 2023Oct 28, 2023
A Practical Guide To Doing K-Means ClusteringYou are Chief Marketing Officer of Walmart. Millions of customers with different purchasing behaviours buy your products daily.Oct 23, 2023Oct 23, 2023
Published inBanklessDAOBreaking Out of the Walled Gardens of Web2 For Web3’s Greener PasturesMar 11, 2022Mar 11, 2022
The Threat of Cancel Culture in Nanny State SingaporeMost conflicts and disagreements about politics and the world boil down to boring, technical differences in tedious methodological details…Mar 31, 20212Mar 31, 20212
How To Think About Social WorkToday is apparently “Social Worker’s Day”, which explains why I’ve been seeing a lot of related memes, posts and articles, some snarky…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Why Jamus Lim Is Wrong On Carbon TaxesMany carbon tax advocates — such as the Workers Party economist Jamus Lim — tend to hedge their support for the tax hike on a conditional…Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
Published inThe ShadowWhat Lessons Can We Draw From The Dover Forest Saga?The most recent spat in Singapore’s media sphere involves local environmentalists and NGOs pushing back against the government’s decision…Jan 28, 20211Jan 28, 20211
The Best Book I Read In 2020The best book I’ve read in 2020 is without a doubt Huang Yasheng’s 2008 “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics”. I credit Adam Martin…Jan 3, 20211Jan 3, 20211
We Need To Rethink Singapore’s Draconian Conscription PoliciesI find much of Singapore’s public policy is praiseworthy. I’ve written a book about it. But one big exception are its conscription…Dec 12, 20202Dec 12, 20202
