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A Pluralistic Society Cannot Tolerate Everything—On Singapore’s Integration Courses and the Boundaries of Pluralism

Culture & Public Commentary2026.07.12
A Pluralistic Society Cannot Tolerate Everything—On Singapore’s Integration Courses and the Boundaries of Pluralism
Hu Yilin AI Interview | July 12, 2026 Introduction On July 10, 2026, Singapore’s Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, the Singapore Business Federation, and the National Employers Federation announced a report by the Alliance for Action on the Integration of Foreign Professionals, unveiling five initiatives: EP Journey for new Employment Pass holders, welcome days hosted by industry associations, an integration handbook and workshops for companies, culture-sensitivity courses for HR staff and team supervisors, and a centralized resource hub. EP Journey has already launched a six-month pilot in May, with plans to cover 600 participants before expanding gradually.[1] This is not a one-way program demanding that foreigners “become like locals.”…
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Jul 12, 2026
The whole world has erupted into a shouting match—what right does a museum have to step in and play peacemaker?

Culture & Public Commentary2026.05.17
The whole world has erupted into a shouting match—what right does a museum have to step in and play peacemaker?
Published in Science Times (2026-05-15, p. 4, Culture); here is the original draft. You may be scrolling on your phone at this very moment, have seen this astonishing title, and clicked in to have a look. If you saw this article in the printed newspaper, that is quite rare, but even then you must have first noticed these eye-catching headlines. In this age of mass media, this age of information explosion, this age of the attention economy, the foremost question for information providers is not whether the content can withstand scrutiny from every angle, or whether it can withstand the test of time, or whether the author has deep accumulations,…
culture history commentary tradition
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May 17, 2026
From Journey to the West to Black Myth: On the Medium of Culture

Culture & Public Commentary2024.09.23
From Journey to the West to Black Myth: On the Medium of Culture
I bought Black Myth and still haven’t had time to play it, so I first wrote a commissioned essay, published in China Science Daily (2024-09-20, p. 4, Culture). At publication, its title was changed to “Black Myth” as a Vehicle for “Cultural Export” — Does It Measure Up? On August 20, 2024, the action role-playing AAA game Black Myth: Wukong, produced by the Chinese company Game Science, was officially released. Both Black Myth’s preorder revenue and its peak concurrent online player count set records in Chinese game history, and reached world-leading levels, coming in second only to the record of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Steam. The so-called AAA game is a…
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Sep 23, 2024
On Transhumanism, the Logic of Blockchain, and Huawendao: A Dialogue at SeeDAO

Chinese Civilization & the Way of Chinese2023.05.08
On Transhumanism, the Logic of Blockchain, and Huawendao: A Dialogue at SeeDAO
Many thanks to the SeeDAO friends for organizing this conversation, which helped me revisit the core ideas of Huawen DAO (Huawendao) in a new context. I hope it can generate even greater influence. Guest Introduction 丨Speaker: Hu Yilin Hu Yilin is an associate professor in the Department of History of Science at Tsinghua University. He received his PhD in philosophy from Peking University. His research focuses on the history of technology, philosophy of technology, and media ecology. He is the author of A Strong Program for Media History, What Is Technology, Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology, and others. 丨Host: baiyu Prelude When Nietzsche cried out “God is dead, the…
culture China faith tradition
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May 8, 2023
The Metaverse Is Hyperreality, Not Virtual Reality: From the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution to the Information Revolution

AI & the Future of Technology2022.01.05
The Metaverse Is Hyperreality, Not Virtual Reality: From the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution to the Information Revolution
“Metaverse” was last year’s big buzzword. I also discussed it a great deal on Weibo, in class, and in conversation, but unfortunately no media outlet ever invited me to write about it, so I never got around to writing anything systematic. Perhaps I could consider turning it into an academic paper, but then I’m always lazy. In any case, since I have a bit of inclination these past couple of days, let me first write an essay on it. (I will still turn this article into an NFT through Opensea, but in this era when the copyright consensus around NFTs is still far from mature, I nonetheless welcome reprints by…
culture technology tradition Web3
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Jan 5, 2022
The “Atmosphere” of Online Teaching, or a New Paradigm

Culture & Public Commentary2020.04.18
The “Atmosphere” of Online Teaching, or a New Paradigm
Stage-by-Stage Reflections on Online Teaching The most unusual semester in years has already passed its halfway point in the blink of an eye. I have finished eight lectures of my course on the history of technology, and of course it has always been online. The reading group I host has naturally also shifted to an online mode; during winter break we had already launched a “cloud reading group,” meeting once before the semester began and then resuming once a week after classes started. The reading group is held through Zoom cloud video conferencing, while Tsinghua’s large lecture course (history of technology) is livestreamed simultaneously via Rain Classroom and Zoom cloud…
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Apr 18, 2020
Writing Robot: The Conflict Between Education and Technology

AI & the Future of Technology2019.02.19
Writing Robot: The Conflict Between Education and Technology
Still a submission for Jiemian, with the published title changed to “The Writing Robot Has Arrived: Smash It to Pieces, or Throw Up Your Hands and Surrender?” Recently, the “writing robot” has burst onto the scene and sparked heated debate. Because it can imitate a child’s handwriting to finish copying textbook passages, copying new characters, and even hand-copying a class newspaper, some parents angrily smashed the machine to bits, while others welcomed it with open arms and wanted to buy one to help their children cope with “boring homework.” The “writing robot” is a new thing, but the conflict it reflects is not new. In essence, it is the distance…
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Feb 19, 2019
How Can Ethics in the Technological Age Welcome the Future? [Fourth Commentary]

Culture & Public Commentary2018.12.09
How Can Ethics in the Technological Age Welcome the Future? [Fourth Commentary]
This one was also published on Jiemian (for reprints, please contact Jiemian), but it was not a commissioned piece. I wrote it casually and sent it to them. The feedback was that the quality was worse than the previous two, which may have had something to do with the rather rambling way I wrote this one, or perhaps with the fact that the issues this article faced were more tangled and its viewpoint correspondingly more moderate. Still, they did publish it, but with very extensive changes: the title was altered (Can Technological Progress Really Tailor Human Value Preferences?), and the He Jiankui theme was also removed (don’t ask why; just…
technology commentary tradition value
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Dec 9, 2018
Science Popularization Should Stand on the Opposite Side of “Innovation”

History of Science & Scholarship2017.05.22
Science Popularization Should Stand on the Opposite Side of “Innovation”
This piece appeared today in the *China Science Daily*; it is an impromptu essay I dashed off in half a day after being commissioned to write it. The original title was “How to Understand the Relationship Between Science Popularization and Technological Innovation”; when it was published, the title was changed and two paragraphs were cut. The cuts were actually pretty good, so I’ll just post the reprint here directly: http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2017/5/323655.shtm Since 2001, the third week of May every year has been designated the National Science and Technology Activity Week; this year is already the 17th edition. Science and Technology Week is positioned as a “mass science and technology activity,” aimed…
science history of science history tradition
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May 22, 2017
“Our” Magazine, “Shared” Youth — A Commemorative Essay on “Gongqingyuan”

Life & Notes2016.07.11
“Our” Magazine, “Shared” Youth — A Commemorative Essay on “Gongqingyuan”
During my undergraduate years, I once served as the editor-in-chief of Peking University’s Department of Philosophy magazine *Gongqingyuan*, and I put out Issue 40; at that time, it happened to be the 15th year of *Gongqingyuan*. Later, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, it was said that a commemorative issue was to be made, and I was invited to write a little text. This year is the 25th anniversary, and another commemorative issue is being prepared, so I, this senior alumnus, was dug out again for an interview, and was also asked to write whatever I liked. When faced with requests from younger classmates, I generally never refuse, and…
philosophy everyday life education tradition
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