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Alwyn Lau
For good news, use drama. For bad news, use statistics. For really bad news? Use other people. Tweets at @alwyn_lau.
More from Alwyn Lau
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Freedom of speech and quiet places
APRIL 23 ― We all live in quiet places. We can’t speak beyond a certain level, we can’t say what’s on our minds. We must voice our thoughts carefully, if at all. We must...
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Malaysia's migrant workers
APRIL 16 — In every nation, there are groups which are excluded in order that social order can sustain itself. There is a political price some segments of the country must pay...
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Truth, lies and the new anti-fake news law
APRIL 9 — There is this comic strip in which three men are asked what they enjoy doing in their free time. Each person mentions a particular hobby eg. playing a...
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Was Jesus a Conservative (Right) or Liberal (Left)?
APRIL 2 — Conservative/Right: To conserve and maintain traditional values and practices. Liberal/Left: To improve and construct fresh ways of thinking. Our world is becoming...
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The academic world, the corporate world and the real world
MARCH 26 — In the corporate world, there is a proud distinction between the academic world and the real world. In the real world, both the corporate and academic...
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Open note to SPM result-takers
MARCH 20 ― Dear students, so you got your results last week. Whatever happens, please don’t do something to break your parents’ hearts. If you did well, congratulations. Go...
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What the corporate world lacks: Disincentives to BS
MARCH 12 — In a few weeks’ time, I’ll be attending a HR conference hosted in a 5-star venue, featuring more than two dozen highly experienced speakers sharing their views on...
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Let’s talk about victim prevention
MARCH 5 — Last week’s news of a sex scandal involving a Singaporean YouTuber kind of reminded me of what happened with American comedian Aziz Ansari. (see Note 1). ...
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Namewee, #UndiRosak and why analogies don’t persuade
FEBRUARY 26 — “No one needs an analogy when facts and reason can do the job.”—Scott Adams Namewee’s recent CNY music video, featuring some man-dogs, produced the usual...
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#MyŽižek CNY and the nothingness of Malaysian politics
FEBRUARY 19 — “The ‘nothing’ is the void of the subject itself, so that the absence of an ultimate reference means that absence itself is the ultimate reference, and this...
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Malaysia's unspoken caste systems
FEBRUARY 12 ― Last week Christians were upset at PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang’s remark that the Church practises a caste system. That would’ve been a totally asinine...
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How ‘political’ should the Church be?
FEBRUARY 5 — Thanks to Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s “mispresented” statement (that churches are spreading lies about the government...
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#MyŽižek: We always care about what others think, even when we don’t
JANUARY 29 — In late 2012, a friend of mine told me that his dad, a few days prior to Dec 21st, stocked up heavily on canned food in anticipation of global disaster. When...
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So what happens when you don’t vote
JANUARY 22 — There is this story of Niels Bohr, the famous Danish physicist, who apparently had horseshoes hung above his doors. When a visitor, who frowned on this...
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Quick to attack and condemn: Why we do it
JANUARY 15 — Over Christmas, I wrote an article on Israel and the Palestinians. I tried to present some historical facts of the crisis, focusing especially on the 1967 war...