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Ethos, Pathos, Logos – The Art of Persuasion
Ethos, Pathos, Logos are three categories of the rhetoric triangle coined by Aristotle more than 2000 years ago. It is impressive that its concepts are still used today, especially in advertisement. Modern persuasion techniques has since evolved to be more specific, though the rhetoric triangle I believe, is still a great way to use as…
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Practicing Structured Communications – Bill Gates Leaked Email on Installing Movie Maker
If you missed what “Structured Communications” is all about, please take a look here. Below is a leaked email from Bill Gates to Jim Alchin, the vice president of Consumer Division and couple of other executives. Bill Gates outlines his dissatisfaction as an end user experience when trying to install a single software called “Movie…
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Structured Communication
Structured Communication style is an “effective” way of organising your ideas in a format that easily disperses information in a concise and easy to consume way.
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Water Fasting 7 Days and Beyond
Disclaimer – the information provided is not expert advice. As all of us have different body types, whatever worked for me may not work for everyone. If you’re fasting, be conscious of how you feel. Context Today marks the 7th day of my water fasting “experiment.” I’ve always been curious about fasting for long periods…
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ChatGPT 3.5
If you lived in a cave and don’t know what is all the rave about ChatGPT, below here is a self introduction: One of OpenAI founders is Elon, hence the bias. A quick timeline of events Nov 30, 2022 – ChatGPT 3.5 is released by OpenAI to the public. Sam Altman is the CEO of…
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Unpopular Opinion – Why I don’t Celebrate During “Holidays”
What is holiday? You tell me. Traveling – Air plane tickets can be 3x-5x than normal Lodging – Same as air planes, but 2x-3x Specific holiday items – Eg. Finding Christmas Tree during Christmas Restaurants – There is an automatic surcharge wherever you go. Same food. Same menu. korea indonesia saudi arabia india Easier to…
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How To Not Answer Any Questions
Real life skills The answer is simply too embarassing. You don’t know the answer but still want to sound smart. Ex: Mark Zuckerberg in front of Congress on Cambridge Analytica Sam Bankman Fried (from FTX crypto drama) is doing a bunch of “non-interviews” Cross examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery…