CULTURED TIME

Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang

<div><div><img src="https://assets-global.website-files.com/5f0e1294f002b1bb26e1f304/65dfacc063200a4f78dbb11b_85-your-undivided-attention-audrey-tang-social.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>Is there a vision of our future where AI can help our democracies thrive rather than just survive? With election season underway, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Audrey Tang, returns to the podcast to discuss how to create a resilient democracy in the age of AI.</div></div></div>

My conversation with Sam Altman

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ea33ef06-ce1b-40e9-a4bc-f52a6fd4657a/UnconfuseMe_2023_Ep6_Social-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the sixth episode of my podcast, I sat down with Sam Altman to talk about where AI is headed next and what humanity will do once it gets there.</div></div></div>

Taste: Where to Eat Now, Aug/Sept 2023

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/external/cimage/img.php?src=Publico%20Ristorante_Publico%20Signatures.jpg&amp;w=600&amp;h=315&amp;crop-to-fit" style="width: 100%;"><div>New restaurants, new menus, new experiences. Navigate Singapore’s vibrant dining landscape with this roundup of the latest eats.</div></div></div>

Harnessing the Power of Dual Technologies for Reverse Aging

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/external/cimage/img.php?src=230808_Dr-Mendis_0147-72-scaled.png&amp;w=600&amp;h=315&amp;crop-to-fit" style="width: 100%;"><div>Non-invasive procedures Emface and Emsculpt NEO deliver targeted and customisable treatments for effective and lasting results</div></div></div>

Great books, courses, and music for the holidays

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/669ef0d9-ad6a-4ef7-9f77-f412fe3c4033/20231114-HolidayList-SummaryPost-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>My annual year-end roundup of some of the best things I read, watched, and listened to. I even put together a playlist of great holiday songs.</div></div></div>

Crafting A Banking Sanctuary

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/external/cimage/img.php?src=230829_VP%20Bank_001_Web.jpg&amp;w=600&amp;h=315&amp;crop-to-fit" style="width: 100%;"><div>VP Bank’s new office design in Singapore reflects the institution’s detail-oriented, engaging, and humanistic approach.</div></div></div>

Unconfuse Me Ep. 1: Seth Rogen &amp; Lauren Miller Rogen | Bill Gates

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/08826ee1-16eb-4fa5-a0ee-3062a1455f48/unconfuse-me_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the first episode of my new podcast, I asked Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen to help me understand how Alzheimer’s can be funny.</div></div></div>

A fireside chat on climate and global development

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/94f0b4a6-2cee-42f3-99e1-d94341709fe4/20231016-ChatamHouse-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his conversation with researcher and data scientist Hannah Ritchie on global health and development, climate change, and optimism.</div></div></div>

Unconfuse Me

<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/cbd746a2-40e5-46b1-aa25-4c8413f1af1c/UnconfuseMe_2023_TGN-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>My latest podcast is all about learning something new.</div></div></div>

Dining in Paradise at a Private Island in the Maldives

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/external/cimage/img.php?src=Aragu.png&amp;w=600&amp;h=315&amp;crop-to-fit" style="width: 100%;"><div>Dining at Aragu, the signature restaurant of the ultra-luxurious Velaa Private Island in Maldives, is an unforgettable experience.</div></div></div>

How Zombie Values Infect Society

Zombies are the perfect metaphor to explain something Tristan and Aza have been thinking about lately that they call zombie values. In this Spotlight episode, we talk through some examples of how zombie values limit our thinking around tech harms. Our hope is that by the end of this episode, you'll be able to recognize the zombie values that walk amongst us, and think through how to upgrade those values to meet the realities of our modern world.

7 Ages of Starlight

This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe. Once we thought the sun and stars were gods and giants. Now we know, in a way, our instincts were right. The stars do all have their own characters, histories and role in the cosmos. Not least, they played a vital part in creating us. There are old, bloated red giants, capable of gobbling up planets in their orbit; explosive deaths - supernovae - that forge the building bl

7 Young Chefs Shaking Up Singapore's Food Scene

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/Fat%20Cow_Chef%20Shingo_Iijima.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>This new breed of chefs are out to change the face of Singapore’s ever-evolving dining landscape with their fiery determination, boundless creativity, and fearless approach to ingredients and flavors.</div></div></div>

Sustainability in Luxury Hospitality Done Right

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/PRSMB.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay, Singapore demonstrates what it means to authentically embrace sustainability</div></div></div>

Keeping it Simple

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/external/cimage/img.php?src=PP_6007G_011_DET-24666_5722_50093.jpg&amp;w=600&amp;h=315&amp;crop-to-fit" style="width: 100%;"><div>The season’s best picks for when you just want a watch to do what it does best — tell the time.</div></div></div>

A Trip Back to the Fabulous '70s with Acerbis

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/4_Acerbis_DuePiu%CC%80_NandaVigo_AlbertoStrada.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>It was back to the '70s for Acerbis at Salone del Mobile 2023, where key pieces from the glamorous decade proved that they fit right in with 21st century interior design.</div></div></div>

The Future is Steel

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/Chopard's%20new%20products%20in%20Lucent%20Steel%E2%84%A2.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Chopard sets the sustainability bar high with a promise that by the end of 2023, all its steel watches will include 80% recycled steel. And that’s only the beginning.</div></div></div>

Sunday Reverie at Fiamma

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/Fiamma_Sunday_Brunch_3.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>Beat the summer heat and head to Capella Singapore to indulge in cold champagne and delicious Italian fare at the recently-launched Sunday Champagne Brunch at Fiamma</div></div></div>

Fritz Hansen: New and updated design features

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/fh-pk4-naturalhalyard-stainlesssteel-pk62-pk63-ki-6556-f-olivegreen-lissoni-sofa-wide-copy%20(2).jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Fritz Hansen has upgraded the legendary designs of Poul Kjærholm's PK4 and Arne Jacobsen's Ant chair.</div></div></div>

Handing the Keys to Success

<div><div><img src="https://www.portfoliomagsg.com/media/uploads/230303_03092023_wendy_006.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>A female entrepreneur shares fresh views on providing for the needs of women to make it big in the STEM workplace A collaboration between Portfolio and YPO</div></div></div>