On a weekend summer night some time back, I was listening to live music at a laid-back venue. As I stood surrounded by a young, hip crowd, watching the performers play spirited, lighthearted music under strings of cute multi-coloured lights, a sequence of thoughts crossed my mind in quick succession. They are vague to my …
Why do artists and academics earn less than the value of their work?
The money that artists and academics make fall short of the value of their work. Why? Let’s take a case study: music streaming service Spotify does not pay its musicians well. Let’s examine if they could. There are two non-exclusive ways they could pay their musicians more. Either they could maintain their profit and start …
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Sriracha Chicken Quesadilla with Mango Salsa and Guacamole
Tasty Mexican recipe. Takes about 1 hr 15 min. Serves 4.
On a passing
It's the 14th of June, 2017, and a man has shot several congressmen who were practicing at a baseball field, before being shot by the police and succumbing to his wounds. As I tinkered about in the kitchen for breakfast, I caught snippets of this from the news that my landlords were watching in the …
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