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Singapore & Everyday Life
Migration, the city, raising a child and the everyday: a record of resettling a life in Singapore.
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- 1The Street Is Not a Tourist Attraction—Afterword to I, My Singapore, My Street, My Walks2025Thanks to the introduction by Unfinished Bookstore and the invitation from Teacher Ye Xiaozhong, I wrote a postscript for this reissued local Singapore…
- 2Encrypted Flight Vol. 11 | Will Tsinghua People Who Have Gone Out Dream of a Bitcoin-Standard World? An Interview with Hu Yilin2025My most recent long-form interview. Thanks to uncommons @fulihang2009 — it was a delightful conversation, with rich content and excellent editing. Condensed version…
- 3Freedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality2026The Singapore government recently required YouTube, Facebook, and X to block 14 pieces of online content targeting the Indian community. Singapore’s Ministry of…
- 4A Pluralistic Society Cannot Tolerate Everything—On Singapore’s Integration Courses and the Boundaries of Pluralism2026Hu Yilin AI Interview | July 12, 2026 Introduction On July 10, 2026, Singapore’s Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, the Singapore Business…
- 5From “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears2026Hu Yilin on language policy, the revival of dialects, and the boundaries of freedom IntroductionA Chinese film led mainly in Teochew, Dear You,…
- 6The Philosophy of Raising Children (I): How to Reason with Children2026My daughter is already four and a half. I never “show off my kid” in public spaces, but I can take the experience…
- 7Heavenly Endowment2022At 11:39 a.m. on April 1, 2022, a new life came squalling into the world. Yes, I have a daughter now~ I chose…
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Life & NotesThe Philosophy of Raising Children (I): How to Reason with Children2026.09.25
Culture & Public CommentaryA Pluralistic Society Cannot Tolerate Everything—On Singapore’s Integration Courses and the Boundaries of Pluralism2026.07.12
Culture & Public CommentaryFrom “Speak Mandarin” to “Preserve Dialects”: Singapore’s Language Policy Has Reached the Point of Shifting Gears2026.06.24
Culture & Public CommentaryFreedom is the root, plurality is the end; one cannot sacrifice freedom in order to protect plurality2026.06.24
Life & NotesThe Street Is Not a Tourist Attraction—Afterword to I, My Singapore, My Street, My Walks2025.11.19
Web3 & CypherpunksEncrypted Flight Vol. 11 | Will Tsinghua People Who Have Gone Out Dream of a Bitcoin-Standard World? An Interview with Hu Yilin2025.04.27
Life & NotesHeavenly Endowment2022.04.01