Tag: Philosophy
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As Singapore celebrates her 50th birthday, I wonder what challenges Singapore will face in the future. And I’m no optimist.
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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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Media and the Maturation of Fourth Generation War
The recent trend of criminal and terrorist violence across the world points to the maturation of fourth generation warfare. The media will be an important factor in this brave new war, both as actor and target.
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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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A Different Kind of Privileged Literature
Grace Chia alleges gender bias in the Singapore Literature Prize, and in writing in general. There is privilege — but of a different kind.
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Diversity is not skin-deep
Diversity of choices and experience matters. Diversity of race, or of any other innate characteristic, is reverse bigotry when irrelevant.