Category: Meditations
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A Deeper Silence
On Wednesday my computer broke down without warning. I suspect it’s a hard disk drive failure, but time will tell the true cause. The digital silence that followed gave me the time I needed to coalesce some thoughts that were floating about in my mind, specifically pertaining to silence and speech. As an introvert, silence comes…
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A Brave New World of Neo-Tribes and Crumbling Civilisations
The nation-state system is fading, replaced by neo-tribalism. With this change comes the erosion of civilisation.
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When Diversity Meets Policy
Singapore’s CMIO model is a blunt instrument. But it also underpins many of Singapore’s policies. It is easy to talk about dropping CMIO, but the real question is what policymaking tool provides a better way — and what are the costs of such a tool.
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The Online Citizen needs to recalibrate funding model
The Online Citizen’s subscription program is unsustainable. It needs to lower its subscription fees and develop ways of reducing its events and facilities costs.
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Growth, Change, Choice
Meditations on growing older. On growing up.
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The Grind, The Climb
What I learned from writing: developing the ability to grind out words, even when you’re not feeling up to it, in order to finish the job.