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PID1 Init is the personal platform of Jason Choi — forward-thinking essays on strategy, fintech, Web3, cybersecurity, and the systems that move them.

  • The Gold in Your Bank Account That Can Never Be Withdrawn

    Fintech · 21 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

    A US$29T asset with US$500B+ traded daily — yet retail investors must choose: the gold shop (touch it, costly to sell) or the app (buy fast, never hold it). What's gold's "parallel universe" worth?

  • 《99% 的黃金投資者,從未真正擁有過黃金》

    Fintech · 21 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

    一個 29 萬億美元、日成交逾 5,000 億美元的資產,散戶卻只能在金鋪與 App 之間二選一:一個摸得到卻賣得貴,一個買得快卻拿不走。黃金的「平行宇宙」,值多少錢?

  • UBTECH U1: An Ontological Exploration of the Humanoid Form

    Strategy · 12 Jul 2026 · 7 min read

    While the market debates whether U1 can become the third major household asset after property and automobiles, UBTECH is actually asking a far more fundamental question: does a highly anthropomorphic humanoid robot need to exist at all?

  • 優必選U1:一場關於「人形」存在意義的探索

    Strategy · 12 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

    當市場還在爭論U1能否入屋成爲家庭資產(如汽車)的標配時,優必選實際上正在回答一個更根本的問題:高度擬人的人形機械人,到底有沒有存在的必要?

  • 人形機器人的奇點還未到來:瓶頸在軟件,不在身體

    Professional · 26 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

    走訪多家機械人公司後,判斷很清晰:人形機器人的瓶頸已不在硬件,而在軟件——部署要三到九個月,學一個動作要約二百行數據。代理時刻來不來,決定產業的兩種未來。

  • The Robot's Agentic Moment Hasn't Arrived Yet

    Professional · 26 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

    After visiting several robotics and humanoid companies, the real bottleneck is clear: it's no longer the body, it's the software. Robotics is still waiting for its agentic moment.

  • Education in the Age of AI: Abandon the Obsolete System, and Let Parents Cultivate the Talent of the Future

    Personal · 25 Jun 2026 · 11 min read

    Hong Kong's industrial-age examination system can no longer match what the AI era demands of talent: degrees keep depreciating and students leave school unable to think or create. A blueprint for a four-phase, modular, practice-first education — and a dual-track playbook for parents raising future-ready children inside the old system.

  • Market Participants: The Crocodile's Louse and the Water Snake

    Personal · 25 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

    As retail investors, our greatest advantage is agility — knowing when to advance and when to retreat. Never overestimate your ability or grow so greedy for the win that you forget how to lose, or you end up winning a piece of candy and losing the whole factory.

  • 投資市場參與者

    Personal · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

    作爲散戶投資者,靈活、知進退是我們最大的優勢,切忌高估自己能力,貪勝不知輸;最後贏粒糖、輸間厰。

  • AI時代教育困局與破局:拋棄陳舊學制,家長先行培育未來人才

    Personal · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

    本文指出香港沿用已久的工業化應試學制難以匹配 AI 時代人才需求,學歷貶值、學生欠缺創造思辨能力等問題凸顯,並提出分四階段模塊化、實戰導向的全新教育架構,同時給予香港家長在校應試保底、校外培育核心素養的可行雙軌培育方案。

  • RWA 代幣化的根本矛盾:代幣是程式碼,資產是權利主張

    Web3 · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

    代幣以程式碼的速度狂奔,權利卻以法律的速度挪步——RWA 的成敗不在智慧合約,而在法庭信誰。本文拆解主權錨定、主權閘口與資產光譜,給出可落地的三大架構支柱。

  • The RWA Paradox: When Code Meets the Courtroom

    Web3 · 23 Jun 2026 · 7 min read

    Tokenization promises to move the physical world at the speed of code. But a token is code and an asset is a claim — and where the two diverge, the question is no longer what the contract says, but who the court believes. A blueprint for building across the seam.