How are we doing?

Posted by JoeAm on May 4, 2018 · 156 Comments 

Editor’s note: The following guest article by tphillips is, in a word, “WORD!”. It is exhaustive, it is intelligent, it is factual, it is meaningful, it is pragmatic. If the Philippines, and her citizens, fail to thrive . . . it is a choice. The knowledge needed to succeed exists . . . in this … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Economy, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Thinkers only: the limits of intelligence

Posted by JoeAm on April 23, 2018 · 123 Comments 

Editor’s note: This article was originally a reader’s comment in response to my recent blog about NEDA. I am publishing it here because I believe it warrants a wider audience if we ever hope to put the days of being resilient but incompetent in the past. JA   By Francis Pardon for the excessive length … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education

Politics, Power and Processors

Posted by josephivo on April 18, 2018 · 89 Comments 

By Josephivo Know where you are standing to decide where to go A lot on our plate today, democracies under attack by populism and autocratic leaders, globalization of cultures and economics, exploding developments in computer science and biology. What are the key elements, how do they interact, why are they relevant? And the ever-important serenity … Continue reading →

Category Education, Laws and Ethics, Technology/Internet

Monica Lewinski and women of the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on March 2, 2018 · 115 Comments 

By Joe America What in the world does the woman who featured in a US presidential sex scandal have to do with the Philippines? It’s complicated, so let’s first try to gather up some ideas. Let’s take four different perspectives on the gender character of the Philippines and then put them together to form an … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Thinking Conundrums

Posted by edgar lores on February 23, 2018 · 245 Comments 

By Edgar Lores In a previous post, [1] I opined that there were 3 major defects in Filipino thinking: Erroneous reasoning Categorization Scoping By erroneous reasoning, I meant logic and thinking method. By categorization, I meant classifying a problem under the proper domain. By scoping, I meant defining the perimeters of the problem after one … Continue reading →

Category Education, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government