Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton

Faced with Fire this is what I found out.

My apartment building just had a false fire alarm. These are the things I learnt about myself 1) I ignored it for five minutes thinking it would be turned off. 2) I looked out at all the windows and didn’t see smoke so I ignored it for another two minutes. 3) I thought, if allContinue reading “Faced with Fire this is what I found out.”

China frees dissident physician Jiang

China frees dissident physician Jiang exposed governmen coverup of SARS epidemic Jiang Yanyong in February By Philip P. Pan Updated: 11:31 p.m. ET July 20, 2004 BEIJING, July 20 – China has released the dissident physician who became a national hero for exposing the government’s coverup of the SARS epidemic, sending him home Monday nightContinue reading “China frees dissident physician Jiang”

What if the 90s was just an anomaly and we are destined for a conservative future?

Socio-political rants I am currently reading John Gray’s “Al Qaeda and What it Means to Be Modern” and one of the ruling premise of the book is that “modern thought” is a purely western paradigm -a holdover from enlightenment. It has left many of us and most notably Americans feel that technology will create aContinue reading “What if the 90s was just an anomaly and we are destined for a conservative future?”

Sober Emotional Constructive Leader.. (And I am hard to dislike)

Here you go Mike, here’s a QUIZ! Wackiness: 50/100 Rationality: 50/100 Constructiveness: 56/100 Leadership: 56/100 You are an SECL–Sober Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a politician. You cut deals, you change minds, you make things happen. You would prefer to be liked than respected, but generally people react to you with both. You areContinue reading “Sober Emotional Constructive Leader.. (And I am hard to dislike)”

William Gibson’s Blog. Friends Remember Timothy Leary

Glutter Plugs Recently read Pattern-Recognition, the first Gibson novel I finished. Probably the first book I couldn’t put down for months. I especially liked it because it was set in the present rather than the future and makes us see us as we are. Found out he has wrote a blog for a few months.Continue reading “William Gibson’s Blog. Friends Remember Timothy Leary”

News: Mobile Messages Screened in China

Okkkaaay, now China is going after mobile phones. I think I am going to read Foucault’s Discipline and Punish to brush up on the panopticon (the idea that you are being watched therefore you behave whether the someone is actually watching you or not) along with Orwell’s 1984 again, just to feel that I liveContinue reading “News: Mobile Messages Screened in China”