Tan's critical inquiries, philosophical and psychological, his timely anatomy-synthesis of the STEM origins (particularly those of our genetics-mnemonics, our fast-advancing knowledge, consciousness, freewill, and conscience regarding Gods, and our ultimate wisdom of cherishing Life on Earth) have no doubt been sharpened, enriched, and transcended by the vast, fast advances in science-technology, multiculturalism, and pluralism of the East-West, today and beyond.