A public intellectual & philosopher who is deeply passionate about the pursuit of knowledge.
Greetings!
I am Melvin Poh.
It's a pleasure to welcome you to my personal YouTube channel.
A large part of my life's work has been the pursuit of knowledge as I've founded Empirics, an open-source global crowd-publishing platform that seeks to source and facilitate access to the collective knowledge through all social fields. To date, we have been working hard to create an accessible hub for the exchange of insights throughout Asia. I am humbled that our work has received much recognition from the likes of Forbes, World Economic Forum and Harvard University, to name a few.
I've launched this YouTube channel as a hobby in my free time to exchange some fascinating insights & thoughts with you. I hope to bring ponderous videos & intellectual discourse to enlighten your day!
More knowledge:
www.melvinpoh.com
Connect with me on IG:
@melvin.poh
Email:
melvinpoh@cjbs.net
Melvin Poh
Dear friends!
We have recently reached 30K subscribers! This is an incredible milestone for our channel!
As some of you may have noticed, I have not posted the late night chats as frequently on YouTube as per before;
That's because my business and professional work has been keeping me very busy but the silver lining is that recently I've been experimenting with regular short form content, weekly philosophical vlogs not exceeding 1 minute in length, as mentioned in one of my previous YouTube videos. I've mainly been publishing these on Instagram at my account "empirical.thought" but I've also syndicated some of them as Shorts over here on my main YouTube channel.
To date, these vlogs have been well received and I thank all of you that have supported and watched them.
I do have some longer form late night chats planned for this channel but I have yet to find a suitable time to shoot them amidst my busy schedule but regardless, I am elated to see the channel grow. I look forward to more engagements, discussions and deep reflections with you all!
It has been a joy to connect with you.
You can also stay up to date with me at: instagram.com/empirical.thought
Or my personal blog: www.melvinpoh.com
Cheers,
Melvin
1 year ago | [YT] | 8
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Melvin Poh
Hello friends!
Its certainly been awhile!
I have been getting a lot of questions about my recent absence from the YouTube channel over the past 2 months.
My sincere apologies for the lack of uploads and inactivity, I have been preoccupied with work and also have been spending my free time working on completing my upcoming book.
I am most excited on sharing the book with you, once it is ready to be published. In terms of the channel, I aim to upload new late night chats soon; however as it is end of year, it might take some time!
Stay tuned! In the meantime, you can stay in touch with me on Instagram @melvin.poh!
Warm regards,
Melvin
3 years ago | [YT] | 7
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Melvin Poh
Hello friends!
I will be taking a break from video blogging for the remainder few weeks of 2021. I shall be back with more in 2022.
I would like to take this moment to reflect on our community. Since actively in May 2021, I had no idea that we would get this far. This channel has allowed an amazing opportunity for me to meet and interact with many of you. It has also been an amazing place for us to engage in deep thought provoking discussions of various topics that has been incredible.
Thank you everyone for your support and for tuning in. It has been deeply motivating and inspiring to spend the year with you.
As I take this break, if you are looking for deeper epiphanies, feel free to visit our knowledge platform www.empirics.asia. It is where I get inspiration for my video topics and also where I gain my diverse knowledge from.
I hope you will all have a good year! Chat soon!
You can always stay in touch with me via Instagram @melvin.poh
Cheers,
Melvin
4 years ago | [YT] | 21
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Melvin Poh
It's a great honour to be officially recognised on Tatler's 2021 Gen. T List as a Leader of Tomorrow for democratising knowledge at Empirics. I am proud to be receiving this incredible achievement with 29 other incredible listees through diverse fields.
"Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the path less travelled." This beautiful prose from Robert Frost perfectly sums up my life thus far. It has been an epic adventure that has brought me across the world to exotic countries, meet amazing people and spurred much passion, vigour and meaning to my life journey.
As many of you know, I am a firm believer in the value of knowledge and its potential to transform our lives. I am also a believer that knowledge should not be restricted to elitist institutions and ivory towers. I along with my organization have been working very hard to democratise knowledge access across the region and directly source the collective knowledge and experiences of Asia.
It all began as an idealistic ambition which grew into a global project that has since, transcended its reach beyond myself and my wildest imaginations.
In this way, we have come very far but the road ahead beckons for more. More to be travelled. More to be done. More adventures to be had. More epic moments. More challenges to test oneself.
Thank you everyone for your kind support for our work, it will certainly inspire us to do more.
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4 years ago | [YT] | 7
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Melvin Poh
Hi everyone!
Today our channel just hit 2,000 subscribers. It might not seem like much compared to some of the other bigger channels out there on YouTube but to me, it is a great milestone because I would never have imagined we could continue to grow and come this far when I first embarked on this journey.
Yet, together, with your help and involvement, we have created an online community that is driven by the pursuit of knowledge above all else, and through these videos, we have tapped into the greater curiosities of humanity together. Thank you for your support and interaction. Thank you for showing me that knowledge content is something that is still very relevant and valuable today.
I believe together we will go far!
I've been actively taking in and considering feedback from those of you who were kind enough to offer it. I will definitely explore and see how I can improve the channel and your viewing experience. I've already got a couple of things planned when my schedule allows it. There are some rather exciting things I'd like to experiment with.
To me YouTube is a passion project and enjoyable personal hobby that I am fully committed to. I am glad I can share this with each and every one of you.
Sincerely,
Melvin Poh
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Melvin Poh
Recently having reached over 1,000 subscribers, I have now unlocked "community posts" which allows me to directly post here to reach all of you on my channel. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone of you for your kind support, interaction and subscription over the past months.
I've only started to post on YouTube 2 months back this year, as a personal hobby in my free time from work but I am glad for the incredibly warm reception from everyone around the world. I can see that despite the distance and our national differences, we are all very much dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge together, a journey I am glad we can take together through this channel. I hope we can build this channel to be a platform inspired by a passion for knowledge. I will dedicate my spare time to bring to you thought provoking content. Going forward, I have begun to procure better recording equipment to bring a better viewing/listening experience to you all.
The videos I publish here, comprise of my thoughts and insights gathered from my own colourful experience as an entrepreneur and founder of Empirics, an open-access knowledge publishing platform that is currently on an ambitious objective of gathering the collective knowledge of Asia through all social fields. If you find my content engaging, please check out our website: www.empirics.asia.
Once again, thank you.
Cheers,
Melvin
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