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The Concept of “Pure Money”
Recently I read about Alan Greenspan’s comments about Bitcoin to the effect that it’s nothing but a bubble phenomenon. Crypto-currencies are a bubble because these things have no “backing”. What Alan fails to understand (and what I failed to understand … Continue reading
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The Future is Here, and It’s Wonderful
This is an illustration of what it’s going to be like when Bitcoin or something like it becomes more dominant than any fiat currency. At the end of every month, from work you get paid in Bitcoins, say 100 miniBits. … Continue reading
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To All Filipino Intellectuals
You and I both want Pinas to progress. We may not agree on the exact destination, but I think we can both agree that the current state of the country is deplorable. I have visited Malaysia and Indonesia, and have … Continue reading
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On Reading Jose Rizal
To write is to lay bare one’s soul, in so many words, for all to see. To read a book, then, is to look into the soul of its author. I have just finished reading Leon Maria Guerrero’s highly readable … Continue reading
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Mahbubani’s “The New Asian Hemisphere”: a review
There are two aspects to this book. On the one hand, the book does a very good job of narrating exciting history that is unfolding here and now. It lucidly tells how both India and China have adopted free market … Continue reading
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Long Term Potentiation
Long term memory in the brain is realized partly by weakening irrelevant connections and strengthening relevant connections among neural cells. Connections that become strong can still become weak if not exercised. Our long term memory is not like computer Read-Only … Continue reading
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Osmosis
Local communists and other rabidly anti-American elements claim that American influence on Filipino culture is so pervasive but subtle that we ourselves are not aware how most of our personal decisions are symptomatic of a culture vanquished by imperialist America. … Continue reading
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Metamorphoses
Warning: this is long and may be troubling. met·a·mor·pho·sis [met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis]1. Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Philippine Elections
After enjoying half of my life in the U.S., I came back to the Philippines with the idea of starting anew. After more than a year living here in Cebu, I say I love it here. I like the warmth … Continue reading
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Prof. Haruhisa Ishida
Prof. Ishida was a very kind Sensei/Senpai (teacher/mentor). He was responsible for starting my career at Intel Japan in the late 1970’s. He mentored me while I was a research student at the University of Tokyo (‘Tokyo Daigaku). He was … Continue reading
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