Episodes
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
#education #philosophy #morality
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Dr S. Munirah Alatas and Adzhar Ibrahim: Malaysia’s Education System Has Failed Us, So What’s Next?
The Trust Deficit has never been wider where Malaysia’s education system is concerned. So where do parents and children turn to, to prepare them for a future that has never been more uncertain?
Independent scholar Dr S Munirah Alatas and ex-Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) Adzhar Ibrahim offer their thoughts on some possible ways forward, even as Malaysia’s politics and policies goes ever-further backwards.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:02:42 - Introductions: Adzhar
00:05:05 - Introductions: Munirah
00:07:55 - What’s Going Well With Malaysian Education
00:10:45 - But What Does Education MEAN?
00:16:11 - The Politicisation of Malaysian Education
00:20:55 - Philosophy Has Disappeared: Is This Because Thinkers Are Inconvenient?
00:24:00 - Let’s Not Forget Eastern Philosophers Too!
00:24:55 - The Deterioration of Local Graduates
00:26:57 - The Leader That Adzhar Admired Most: Where Did He Learn Those Attributes?
00:28:31 - The Importance of Informal Education
00:31:34 - Life at Columbia University
00:32:45 - Corporatisation and University Rankings Have Jeopardised Malaysian Universities
00:36:28 - How Should New Parents Think About Educating Their Children?
00:42:00 - Can One Entirely Bypass School and University?
00:47:55 - Why Aren’t Parents Teaching Their Kids About Resilience, Humility, Independent Thought?
00:52:54 - You Can’t Expect the Government to Dispense Good Sense When it Does Not Itself Have Good Sense!
00:54:49 - How Do Young Parents Gain More Wisdom and Perspective Without Relying on an Inept Government
00:59:41 - How Adzhar’s Parents Helped Mould Him
01:01:46 - And for Munirah .. ?
01:07:57 - What Is a Successful Individual?
01:16:45 - Let’s Ditch Language Colonialism! Language is Wealth
01:20:09 - How is Malaysia Doing Overall?
01:22:41 - Are Malaysia’s Social Policies Here to Stay?
01:28:00 - Berdikari: Standing On One’s Own Two Feet
01:30:03 - The Most Unsustainable Thing About Malaysia Is .. (Hint: It’s Not the Environment)
01:31:30 - Change Will Come From Borneo
01:34:45 - Life’s Conclusions
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
#bitcoin #solana #blockchain
Luno’s Aaron Tang - The Bitcoin, Crypto Bull Market Has Begun, But It’s Early Days Yet
The Bitcoin and crypto market is in a clear bull run right now, making it an excellent time to be talking to Aaron Tang, the Regional General Manager of Luno, where he oversees the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian crypto markets for the global cryptocurrency platform.
I get deep into the weeds with him on how early we are in the current crypto bull run, question him on some of the assumptions about cryptos (such as self-custody and blockchain safety) while getting his views on how strict or market-friendly the regulators are.
CONTENTS
00:02:05 - Who’s Aaron Tang?
00:02:38 - What Are Cryptocurrencies?
00:03:24 - Attributes of Cryptocurrencies?
00:05:01 - Self Custody, Private Wallets - You Don’t Need Banks Any Longer
00:06:10 - Why People Are Flocking to Crypto
00:07:15 - How and What Drives Crypto Prices
00:09:38 - Not All Coins Are Finite Like Bitcoin
00:11:08 - Why People Remain Cynical About Bitcoin
00:13:35 - What Triggered the Crypto Bull Market?
00:16:32 - But the REAL Crypto Bull Run Has Not Yet Begun
00:17:45 - What Drives Crypto Mania?
00:20:03 - What is Proof of Work, Blockchain Immutability?
00:21:55 - Satoshi’s Code is Open Source and Constantly Improved
00:23:16 - Not All Coins or Tokens Have the Same Network Reliability as Bitcoin
00:24:44 - What Are Gas Fees? How Are They Charged?
00:26:25 - Why Do Gas Fees Differ So Much on Different Networks
00:28:07 - What Are the Biggest Drivers of Crypto Prices?
00:30:07 - Why Have Ethereum Prices Not Surpassed Their All-Time Highs But Bitcoin Has Not?
00:31:40 - What Are the Differences Between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano and Other Coins?
00:34:44 - There Are Pitfalls, Like Lack of Network Operability, ie: You Can Lose Your Coins!
00:37:18 - There’s No Need to FOMO ..
00:39:00 - How Do Cold Wallets Work? Are They Really That Safe?
00:41:56 - How Do Professional Investors Self-Custody?
00:42:47 - What About Demi-Serious Investors? How Do They Self-Custody?
00:44:43 - Luno’s Court Case When a Customer Alleged They Lost Their Coins
00:47:46 - Luno Security Measures - What’s Needed
00:50:01 - What Happens When You Lose Your Phone?
00:50:59 - Malaysia AND Indonesia LOVE Crypto. Why?
00:54:00 - Most Crypto Adoption is Asia-Based And Many HODL it. Why?
00:56:15 - Why is Crypto So Darned Volatile?
00:57:51 - Should You Lock in Gains Before the Market Crashes (Again?)
01:00:18 - There Are Only One, Maybe Two Bull Runs Left
01:02:54 - Buying Crypto Is Like Buying Amazon or Tesla at $10 a Share
01:05:57 - The US SEC Bitcoin ETF Was Bitcoin’s IPO Moment
01:07:28 - Crypto, A Decentralised Asset, is Re-Centralising. What Gives?
01:09:09 - What Black Swans Exist for Crypto?
01:10:46 - What Happens to Crypto If the US Dollar Collapses?
01:13:00 - Bitcoin Hasn’t Really Surpassed Its All-Time High Because of Inflation: T/F?
01:14:25 - What Other Factors Will Drive the Crypto Bull Run?
01:16:00 - Will Luno Lower Its Rates?
01:17:44 - How Does Luno Add More Coins to Its Platform?
01:19:16 - How Knowledgeable Are the Securities Commission (SC) About the Crypto Market?
01:20:43 - How Luno Assesses Coins to be Added to its Platform
01:22:40 - Algorand is Coming to Luno, What Else is Coming?
01:24:57 - How Regulators Think About Crypto Markets
01:26:00 - Are Crypto Gains Taxable? Is a Digital Assets Tax Coming?
01:28:04 - How Tokenization Works and Are Central bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Coming?
01:31:05 - Is a Digital Ringgit Coming?
01:33:19 - Where is the Crypto Market Going?
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Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
This health-related podcast, like my earlier one on cancer with Dr Teo Soo Hwang (see link below) is also a personal one, as I have lost a number of friends and close acquaintances to heart disease in recent months.
In some cases, the deaths were shocking, since they happened to seemingly healthy, fit and well-adjusted people. Not at all – at least superficially – that fell within the definition of ‘high-risk’.
I resolved to attempt to better understand the Whys and Wherefores of heart disease, which meant there was only one person I could speak with: Dr. Suren Thuraisingham, an old family friend from back home in Penang.
Dr. Thuraisingham is a very experienced and highly respected cardiologist, having practised medicine in this field since 1990. He very kindly agreed to answer my questions about why even young and seemingly healthy people are dropping dead from heart attacks, among a whole host of related issues, including whether a link exists between Covid vaccinations and heart diseases.
(Dr. Thuraisingham is a Consultant Cardiologist at CVSKL (Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur), an integrated cardiac and vascular hospital in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. He has been a practicing cardiologist since 1990.)
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CONTENTS
00:02:04 - Why Are So Many Apparently Healthy People Dropping Dead From Heart Attacks
00:03:48 - Even Teenagers, Athletes Seem to Be Passing Away?
00:06:09 - Can You Inherit a Heart Condition? And What Ratio Can Be Attributed to It?
00:08:07 - What Were the Reasons Behind the Recent Spate of Sudden Deaths
00:09:46 - How Much of Your Heart Health Can You Directly Control?
00:11:24 - Being Trim and Fit Is No Indicator of Perfect Heart Health
00:13:01 - Recommendations?
00:14:37 - What Treatment and Medicines to Consider
00:16:18 - How to Avoid Diabetes?
00:17:28 - Symptoms of Heart Disease
00:22:43 - Is Bad Cholesterol Due to Diet?
00:23:28 - Can You Intervene in the Body’s Formulation of Cholesterol?
00:25:21 - What If There Is No Family History of Heart Ailments
00:27:14 - So. How Useful is Exercise?
00:28:55 - Do Hearts Have a Finite Number of Beats?
00:30:40 What’s the Link Between Heart Rates and Heart Health?
00:32:05 - How Useful is Data on Heart Rate Variability?
00:33:10 - Keep Healthy if No Family History of Heart Conditions
00:33:36 - Is There a Link Between the Covid Vaccination and Heart Attacks?
00:35:00 - What Have You Learnt From 34 Years of Treating Heart Patients?
00:38:16 - Are There Any Age, Race or Gender Categories That Make You More Vulnerable to Heart Conditions
00:41:46 - Last Remarks, A Summary
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For Podcast with Dr Teo Soo-Hwang of Cancer Research Malaysia, click on:
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Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Former EPF CEO Tunku Alizakri: Facing Up To An Uncertain Retirement and Financial Future
Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias is a highly experienced and respected corporate figure and a former CEO of Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund, among the world’s oldest provident funds and the 7th-largest in the world, with over a trillion Ringgit in assets under management.
In today’s chat, we focus on one of Malaysia’s most pressing concerns: the lack of sufficient savings for many Malaysians, and the uncertain futures we all face, as we stay older for longer and the rising cost of housing, food and other basic necessities.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:01:31 - Introduction
00:07:00 - Zakri’s Forced Retirement, Savings Sufficiency
00:12:30 - Retirement and Pensions are Human Constructs
00:16:37 - How Much is ‘Enough Savings’?
00:20:20 - The Trouble with Financial Planners and Outsourcing Other Important Life Areas
00:23:27 - Can the EPF be Trusted? And the Problem with Windfall Gains
00:27:11 - How Zakri Thinks About His Own Retirement
00:30:10 - Should People Even Buy Their Own Property?
00:35:00 - Buying Life’s Little Luxuries .. Yea or Nay?
00:37:05 - Different Races, Different Spending Patterns
00:44:40 - Wealth and Sufficiency are Mindset Patterns
00:47:14 - How Malaysia and China Differ, Policy-Wise
00:49:00 - Rotten Heads and the Need for a New Model
00:55:42 - How Malaysia Can be the Centre of the Impact Investing World
01:00:25 - The Need to Redefine ‘Retirement’ Must Also be Discussed
01:06:00 - How to Engage Property Developers to Help Nation-Build
01:10:03 - Could the Private Sector Take the Lead?
01:12:00 - What Role Can the Monarchs Play?
01:15:01 - Who Manages the Monarchs?
01:24:30 - The Role of Creativity
01:31:30 - Where Does the EPF Go From Here?
01:39:00 - Alizakri’s Three Thoughts for the Future
ABOUT TUNKU ALIZAKRI
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizakri-alias/
At Endeavor Malaysia: https://www.endeavormalaysia.org/people/tunku-alizakri-bin-raja-muhammad-alias
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Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Professor Terence Gomez - Malaysia Needs Reforms. Lots of Them.
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Malaysia Needs Reforms. LOTs of Them.
Professor Terence Gomez, a former Professor of Political Economy at the University of Malaya and Dean of Economics, talks about the impact Malaysia’s politics have had on the livelihoods of ordinary folks and on the nation's economy as well.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:03:00 - Where Malaysia Needs Most Improvement
00:08:15 - How and Why Governments Can Be Bigger and More Meaningful 00:14:28 - How Policy Can Change
00:19:37 - A Lopsided Privilege
00:24:40 - Why Has Malaysia Not Exploited its Vast Potential?
00:28:18 - Are Malaysians Happy? Are Singaporeans Happy?
00:37:57 - Where Does Change Come From?
00:44:32 - Institutional Repair, the Answer
00:52:59 - We Have to Go Back to Coalition Politics
01:00:44 - Execution?
01:02:35 - Why Did Pakatan Harapan 1.0 Fail?
01:05:00 - Why the Big Bang Approach Might Not Work
01:07:00 - Why Prof Gomez Is Not Worried for the Middle Class
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
4x4 World Explorer’s Thomas Foo - Biker, Adventurer, Free Spirit
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
#4x4 #explore #adventure
Thomas Foo - 4x4 World Explorer, Biker and Adventurer
Thomas 'Tango' Foo is a biker, off-roader, explorer, traveler, relief worker and entrepreneur, having spent over three decades crisscrossing all seven continents wherever his trusty Toyota Landcruiser will take him and his merry band of friends and fellow explorers.
Thomas’ life is an inspiring story of courage and heart, a pursuit of his passion for adventure and travel while spreading a message of peace, love and harmony all around the world as ambassadors for Malaysia and anyone else who believes in living life to the fullest.
Not for everyone is this life but for those brave enough to embrace it, the world and its pleasures are there, available, and for free.
(I consider myself privileged to have seen one small part of this wonderful world with Thomas and hope there will be many more.)
“He who is brave is free”
-- Seneca
(As always, many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
CONTENTS
00:03:07: How It All Started For Thomas
00:06:10: Did You Ever Have a ‘Normal’ Job?
00:06:54: Where Have These Trips Taken Thomas?
00:15:15: Toyota’s Bombproof LandCruiser
00:19:50: The LandCruiser 80 and 100 Series
00:20:22: Jeremy Clarkson and Famed Toyota Reliability
00:23:13: Thomas’ Trips Are Long .. and Legendary
00:26:02: Being Prepared for the Unknown
00:27:33: K-Rog, A Chef on the Road
00:29:00: Malaysian Food - The Best
00:31:10: Getting the Fleet of Vehicles Ready
00:35:33: On the Canning Stock Route …
00:36:10: Fuel Quality
00:39:00: What About the Hilux?
00:39:55: The Almighty 80 Series Landcruiser
00:41:18: Tibet and China .. Altitude Sickness .. Remedies .. Viagra!
00:44:35: Tibetan Culture, Architecture, Scenery, Buddhism, Food, Beauty all Round!
00:46:55: Everest Base Camp From the Tibet Side!
00:52:00: Shigatse’s Monasteries and Inner Peace
00:54:05: How Accessible and Inspirational is Tibet?
00:57:06: How Much are These Trips?
01:00:55: Planning Trips - Africa 2024!! Namibia, Angola, Tanzania et al
01:04:00: Sup Kambing in the Sahara Desert!
01:06:10: Who Comes on These Trips?
01:07:35: Making Life Count: Happiness!
01:10:10: There Are Also Motorcycles!
01:12:35: BMW GS’, Triumph Tigers, GS310s
01:16:30: BK Lim’s Downing to Downing - the Humble Scooter
01:18:00: The One and Only .. One Dollar: Mohd Assir
01:20:30: Girls (Like Nurul and Anita Yusof) Ride Overland too
01:23:00: Why is ‘One Dollar’ named ‘One Dollar’?
01:24:32: Will Africa 2024 Have Motorcycles Too? Climate?
01:29:00: What about the Middle East?
01:30:00: Yusuf Hashim …
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
500 Global’s Khailee Ng – Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Philosopher
Khailee Ng is among Malaysia’s tech successes, having exited two startups with Says.Com and Groupsmore, and funding, through the venture capital firm 500 Global, seven regional unicorns, including Grab, Carousell, Bukalapak and Carsome.
With success having come early to him and plenty of time to consider ‘Life’ at a more tender age than most, he also has reached fascinating conclusions about the world at large, giving this discussion a much wider and colourful range than normal.
Please Like, Share and Subscribe if you can! :-)))))
(As always, many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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CONTENTS:
00:01:25 - Starting in the Media World (and Exiting) With Says.Com
00:04:48 - Enslaving a Nation by Depriving Independent Thought
00:08:25 - The Quest for Virality via Dopamine
00:15:57 - How Venture Capital Can Be a Force For Good
00:23:05 - Entrepreneurship and Dealing With Stress
00:25:35 - Tech Today - Where Is It? Valuations? Profitability? Growth?
00:28:35 - Venture Capital is a Sport of Co-Creation
00:34:34 - Entrepreneur / Venture Capitalist - Can One Become the Other?
00:39:47 - The Power of Thought and Actualisation
00:49:00 - The Process - A Day in the Life
00:55:46 - Making Hay In This Slice of Time .. As a Challenger Nation
01:09:14 - When People Build Nations, Not Politicians
01:14:15 - The Right People Mix in a Thriving Country
01:15:40 - Khailee’s Experimental Life
01:17:08 - That Time on Necker Island with Richard Branson ..
01:18:18 - Having a Super Powerful RAS (Reticular Activating System) Magnet – ie Self Actualisation
01:19:27 - Branson Said, ‘Giving Money Away Is As Difficult and Interesting as Making Money..’
01:23:38 - Micro Charity is Accessible: Reference Ng Sek San, UrMu and Cold Tenderloin in San Francisco
01:31:35 - Outsourcing Nation-Building Disempowers You, So What’s Your Personal ESG Policy?
01:33:24 - Going Beyond Meaning: Is It Religion?
01:42:00 - What’s the Future About?
01:49:22 - Transcending Specialisation and Becoming a Full-Stack Human Like Da Vinci and Bucky Fuller
01:53:44 - Investing In the Human Psyche to Find the Next Stage of Technology
02:01:06 - What’s Next for this Full Stack Individual?
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Stashaway’s Michel Ferrario - Can Robo-Advisors Make Your Financial Dreams Come True?
Michele Ferrario, one of Stashaway’s three co-founders and its CEO, shares his journey, the state of tech markets, planning for retirement, financial literacy and being an entrepreneur, among many other things.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar - A Humble Malaysian Super-Achiever
Tan Sri Wahid came from humble beginnings to become one of Malaysia’s most successful corporate leaders in the new millennium, successfully leading four major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia), financial services (Maybank) and investment management (Permodalan Nasional Bhd).
He was also appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016, heeding a national call to duty. Today, he is the Chairman of the stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia as well as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
Throughout his career and through the turbulence and pressures of corporate and political life, Tan Sri Wahid has managed to comport himself in the same calm and humble manner that he has become known for, making him one of the most respected and likeable figures in corporate Malaysia.
Here, he shares his rules and principles for life with Khoo Hsu Chuang.
(Many thanks to the Asia School of Business for their collaboration with The Do More Podcast, in whose studio this conversation was recorded. The Asia School of Business is a partnership between MIT's Sloan School of Management and Bank Negara Malaysia).
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND MEMOIRS FROM TS WAHID HERE:
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Juwelen’s Ivy Teong - Childhood Dreams Do Come True
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Few folks, if ever, see their childhood dreams come true. Even fewer make it happen in their forties.
For Jewelen’s Ivy Teong, that jump was made, becoming a jewellery designer and business owner, in her second career.
This is her story.
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