2026-07-14 at

hand coding vs delegation

Responding to Laurie Kirk's prompt.

Well hand programming is slow because the translation from head to hand is slow. If neural link lets me go 200 lines a minute, i think i'd be happier. In lieu of that, delegation seems like a fair trade off. 

2026-07-13 at

qualities of a policy maker

Kian Ming took an interview https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DPMt4AgLF/

I agree. But the order is reversed. Structurally 

1. Empathy motivates the activism to solve a problem, or you end up chasing incorrect problems.
2. Resilience provides you with some ability to progress regardless of intellect. 
3. Intellectual curiosity makes you better than anyone who only has the first two. 

A subissue of empathy is rhetoric/charisma. Not knowing what people care about, undermines the ability to address what they care about most, first. That's why skill in communications depends less on orderliness and more on not pissing people off. Knowing when to intentionally piss people off is also dependent on empathy, to know what pisses them off the most. 

Malaysian politics : usually boring

I think Anwar only won 2022 because of collective incompetence of MN, and BN before that. Hence PH has never had a strong majority. Ever. 

I don't think it's fair to say any PMs before Non were very good either. Fair, at best. So between past and future mediocrity, I think the best option is always to rotate incumbents out.

While I have deep interests in economics and anthropology in general, I have limited interests in official politics. So my comments on this tend to be briefer than those of my friends who write for a living.