A fortnight ago, a student asked me the following question, “Brian, what if one day, AIs could write better op-eds than you?” The jaded and deluded self in me was immediately tempted to retort, “What, ...More
EJ Insight2024-09-03
20 minutes till boarding. 30 people in the queue. 1 exhausted academic tapping frantically away at 1 phone. 4 open counters. 12 closed. 600m worth of walking. 1 connecting bus ride. I was standing in ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-22
If you spoke with a Democrat and a Republican in 2021, there would be an 83% chance that the former told you they believe climate change had already begun, whilst the odds of the latter saying the sam ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-22
... 約獨立交易商Tai Wong表示，最新消息支持聯儲局9月減息的看法，對金價有支持。 瑞銀財富管理的Wayne ...全文
... 紐約獨立經紀Tai Wong表示，金價經過兩周反覆，終於取得突破，創下紀錄新高，市場短期焦點於聯儲局主席鮑威爾 ...全文
We’ve all heard that cliched assertion – “Life is not a race.” After all, it makes sense. Whereas the benchmark for success in a race is to reach the destination as quickly as possible (“Make haste!” ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-16
... 滙策略員Jason Wong讚揚紐西蘭央行採取行動應對近期欠佳的數據，料減息對紐元的影響短暫，很快會由環球形勢 ...全文
“And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God on England's pleasant pastures seen?” One of my favourite hymns of all time is “Jerusalem” – a glo ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-08
To “call out” injustice – the explicit, unabashed, and vigorous confrontation of injustice, underpinned by the conviction of speaking truth to power – is a practice that first gained considerable conc ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-07
I have written many a time on the phenomenon of sycophancy – that is, attempts by individuals to indulge in “insincere flattery” as a means of advancing their own interests. In ancient Greece, the bac ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-01
I’m planning on tentatively starting a series that looks at a variety of practical ethics puzzles, and the different considerations at play. The following serves as an inaugural piece. Should parents ...More
EJ Insight2024-08-01
松岡亮於《Sky beyond words.》展覽現場。(圖片由藝術家及WKM Gallery提供，攝影：Felix S.C. Wong) 來到7月，炎炎夏日也為城市的色彩添上更豐富的色彩。未知是否這個原因，不少畫廊都趁着這個充滿夏日色彩的季節，帶來讓人想起暑假的快樂時光的展覽。介紹的是由WKM Gallery帶來的日本的跨媒介藝術家松岡亮(Ryo Matsuoka)的《Sky beyond wo ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-30
One of the most fascinating puzzles I enjoy teaching in philosophy is the Non-Identity Problem. Consider the following: A bureaucrat is deliberating over whether to construct a dam near a village in a ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-24
What are the necessary – though by no means sufficient – ingredients for a successful tourism strategy? There are a couple of criteria that are worthy of consideration: firstly, novelty; secondly, uni ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-24
Over my not particularly long career (thus far), I have had the opportunity and honour of interviewing politicians, statesmen, academics, and thinkers – from near and afar. And what a privileged exper ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-19
“So you’re finally taking an interest in us, are you?” This is a question I oft hear – half in-jest, half a damning indictment – whenever I travel throughout Southeast Asia. The Association of Southea ...More
EJ Insight2024-07-19
