Thoughts

A hacked fridge in France and a grocery group taken offline in the Netherlands say the same thing: in an AI era, whether a device can defend itself is now part of whether it is worth keeping.

From the nation to businesses, communities, families, and individuals — resilience is how fast you recover after getting punched.

The challenge of government mobilizing civilian capacity, and how civil defense groups can respond.

Starting from the 726 recall anniversary and the 'Island Shield' talk, on why political participation and civil defense are two versions of the same thing — as the path within the system narrows, everyday preparation needs to start catching up.

A conversation with an independent Ukrainian journalist surfaces a precise distinction: Russia is strong at hacking into systems, China is strong at manufacturing and manipulating content. As the two sides start sharing techniques, this is exactly what Taiwan and Ukraine should both be preparing for now.

After the Kumamoto earthquake, a Japanese social media account's account of what happened inside the shelters left a heavy feeling — being well prepared can actually become a reason people demand you hand your supplies over. If your home can still be lived in, it's the best shelter — and trust has to be built through everyday community relationships, not conjured up in the middle of a disaster.

On the day the recall ended a year ago, I decided to start a civil defense effort. This is a look back at Gang-Hu Civil Defense Corps' first year — organization vs. decentralization, willingness over ability, and why Taiwanese people are so afraid of making mistakes that they don't dare to step up.

Starting from a public talk: the logic of the Communist Party's united front work, the erosion of trust within communities, and the piece that's always been missing from Taiwan's civil defense training — mental/psychological defense.

My first time taking part in a civilian-oriented wargame — KTT's public-education wargame, run as a dedicated session for Gang-Hu Civil Defense Corps by the Taiwan Institute for Defense Research. Playing the role of the 'fifth column' revealed the part civil defense can play in sustaining a society's will to resist.

Shifting from the organizational and mission-focused view of disaster relief to seeing the people — Guangfu residents, local NGOs, and local political workers on the details of post-disaster life, the justice dilemmas of resource distribution, and the structural risks Hualien has long carried.

Fifty days after the Matai'an River overflow, three frontline volunteers share the real challenges of information integration, action organization, and medical capacity — and the gaps civilian mutual aid filled in this stress test of national resilience.

Sharing my own startup journey and failures, plus two resources I recommend to tech startup newbies: YC's (Y Combinator's) YouTube channel, and the Chinese-language tech startup interview show Rocket Radio (星箭廣播).

After starting a company (a B2C UGC product), I realized how much there is to learn. Once the website went live, the first thing we had to face was traffic — and the whole, sticky behavioral path from traffic to conversion.

I want to start a company! Do I need to incorporate? When's the right time? How do you count the fixed costs after incorporating (rent, accounting, e-invoicing, online store platforms), and what's the actual right moment to incorporate.