In undergrad I read books like Guns, Germs and Steel, Why Nations Fail, The Dictator’s Handbook, Oligarchy, and a bunch of similar books. Those books made me aware that we […]

Sedikitnya ada dua sudut pandang dalam menyikapi isu privilese. Pertama adalah memandang privilese sebagai penghalang dari mencapai masyarakat yang adil dan setara dalam akses terhadap peluang kehidupan. Kedua adalah memandang […]

I am surprised that sometimes billionaires can be so stupid: Gerobak dan Upaya Perindo Menjadi Partai Merakyat Handing off free gimmicks like that is really an old and overused tactic […]

The anti-riba stance taken by the conservative Muslim communities all […]

A very interesting relationship from the excerpt of the article: […]

Geography is an invariant component throughout the ages and very hard to change. In this aspect, Indonesia is at a huge disadvantages. This will become strategic weakness in the long […]

One or two years ago I stumbled on Generational Dynamics website on an article popping on Facebook explaining the subprime mortgage crisis from a generational dynamics perspective Generational Dynamics is […]

This is part 1 of 7 from How To Create An Empire series. Originally written in November 2017. I find that common conversations regarding post-university life are pretty boring. It […]

How a political party’s source raise their fund can really dictate their direction. The prevailing practice in Indonesia is very transactional. Some guy with money can come to a party […]

“Give me the positions and velocities of all the particles in the universe, and I will predict the future.” – Marquis Pierre Simon de Laplace Today I read a Bloomberg […]

There is an urgent need to establish a centuries-long project to exercise soft power all around the world, both for Indonesia and for Islam. For the case of Indonesia, the […]

Most of the time I am very eager to generate […]

It has been quite some time since the last time […]

I think we as a nation need to design our […]

The Logic of Political Survival states that the primary motives of all politicians are self preservation, for in other words, keeping their office position for as long as they could. […]

Creatures of different sizes often need to evolve radically different solutions to basic problems of survival. Case in point: Insects use springs to jump because they are way below the […]