Airbnb Home Rental Nightmares
From stolen property to trashed apartments, what renters can do to protect themselves. This video ends showing a man who earns a good income with his Airbnb listings.
Michael Crichton on Unpopular Truths
Author Michael Crichton discusses his reluctance to accept some of today’s pop science conclusions I share some of his unpopular truths. In high school, my best friend Bradley Minnaar, introduced me to his books: Andromeda Strain and Sphere. Later we read Jurassic Park before the movie was released. Here’s a Summary of the Unpopular Truths: Environmentalism is a…
Recap of TEDxBeijing 2016 Year End Event
This is a recap of the TEDxBeijing year-end event that took place yesterday. It was my first attendance at a TEDx event in China, and it was superbly organised. The venue was at Mee Park Cafe inside Universal Creative Park, Beijing. The 300 RMB tickets were almost sold out by the time I purchased my…
Short Film Laisuotuo 莱索托
A new short film Laisuotuo was released by filmmaker Carl Houston Macmillan. He says, “This is a film about two immigrants, a Chinese shop owner in Lesotho and an African doctor in China. This 20 min film is about how stereotyping and racial profiling reduces our empathy. Cultural understanding is ever so important in our…
Sugata Mitra: Leave Kids Alone
Mark Twain famously said that schooling should not be allowed to interfere with education, and a number of people have tried to put this idea into practice. And yet, secondary education in the way it’s structured and imparted hasn’t changed much since the 19th century. Does “old school” deserve the regard and respect we attach…