AI as a threat to humanity- seriously?

I started blogging about AI since 2016 with one post each year (read my 2016, 2017). In this blog, I am going to pitch further on the dangers to human extinction, and why this...

Interesting and interactive 3D Population Data on Maps

A friend introduced me to this fascinating 3D representation of the world’s population data showing the latest (2015) as well as at 1990, and the changes. Most interesting to see the declines (in red)...

Japan (Kansai Koyo) and Shikoku self tour – Part 2 (Shikoku) of 2

After our fabulous tour at Kansai indulged mainly in the lovely and fantastic Autumn koyo colors (see Part 1 here), we continued onwards to tour Shikoku, using public transport in Takamatsu for the first...

Japan Kansai Koyo (and Shikoku) self tour – Part 1 in Kansai

The lovely shades of yellow and red always keep me returning to Japan during the koyo season. Between Nov 21 to Dec 5, 2018, we returned to Kansai and Shikoku for the lovely autumn...

Top GDP countries changes from 1966-2018 – dynamic chart

It’s interesting to see these top countries exchanged ranks and some grew dramatically over the last 40 years (1966 to 2017) in a dynamic chart.  It’s also interesting to think about the background/reasons for...