Food For Thought (with Melvin Poh)

A night at a hotel bar in Hong Kong, the pianist started playing...

On the precipice of summiting an Artic volcano, something happened..

As the year draws to a close, here are 5 lessons I learnt.

Is It curse to have potential?

Is binge watching evil? Philosophy might offer a surprising perspective.

After publishing my first book, I found an old book....

While flying over the South China Sea, something odd happened...

At the end of a 3 year journey of a massive personal undertaking, here are some thoughts...

A familiar stroll brought an unsettling surprise..

It all started with a book...

10 Lessons I've Learnt From 2024

If everyday were a weekend...

What happens when you paint with fire?

A recent encounter at the airport terminal led to an unexpected surprise...

A night drive led me on a very personal journey...

My business trips to Japan somehow brought me into a garden of wisdom...

Why I don't sleep...

As I sit back and enjoy some music after a long day at work, I can't help but ponder on the variety of music we all enjoy. There certainly are a lot of people who would listen to the music of Justin Bieber all day and others would tune in on Beethoven. Yet between the two, who is actually better, Bieber or Beethoven? In fact, this is a question that often gets thrown around, is there a certain kin...

In this chat, as I was disturbed my own furry friend (my pet cat), I start to ponder on the question of whether animals have rights. We ofcourse now of the rising trend of veganism as well as alternative meats, but are there any philosophical or persuasive basis for protecting and respecting animals? Let's chat about it in this discussion. I draw on the different belief systems from science, relig...

Today on my day off from work, in our evening chat, I seek to reveal to you how we have been lied to and exposed to a grand illusion perpetuated by banks for hundreds of years. Specifically, I look at "fractional reserve banking", the fabric and very essence of banking process. After exploring and scrutinising the concept, I see whether it stands up to the modern world.

Surely, you have seen headlines about Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk competing with one another to go to space. Space at the moment seems to be a game for billionaires, trying to make the first move in the emerging industry of space tourism. Yet with tickets ranging from USD $250,000 to $20 million, what significance does space hold for ordinary people and society at large? In tonig...

In this chat, I ponder about an increasingly relevant question of our times: "Can machines actually think?" With incredible improvements in the fields of artificial intelligence, computers are getting increasingly smarter but surprisingly more human like. Is it conceivable that very soon, they will gain human intelligence? What exactly is intelligence anyway, and how can we be so sure that we huma...

Tonight I share about my recent reading of Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist". I think The Alchemist is truly a great novel with very deep lessons on life. In this video, I share my own thoughts and break down 6 things that we can take away from this book to enhance our own lives immediately. The Alchemist tells the tale of Santiago, a young shepherds boy who goes on an adventure to travel all the way...

Around the world, we all enjoy easy access to the internet that has led us to see its universality; but despite appearances, is the internet actually free? On a deeper look, there is an overarching transaction that is going on and that is the exchange of our data for accessing the internet. This currency has incredible ramifications for privacy in our society and the current trend seems to suggest...

Most of us would consider an evening well spent to be one spent with our phones as we engage in satisfying digital entertainment from Netflix to Social Media to YouTube to Games. Why are we so transfixed on our phones? Philosophers such as Robert Nozick would provide unique answers to this perplexing question.