Editorial - Penang Monthly (Page 6)

The Intriguing Invention of “Zero” and “One”

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ZEROES AND ONES fill our world today. The binary code that powers our computers could of course have been signified by other, even arbitrary, symbols, but they...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Having had So Much Time to Think Recently, We Should Now Be Able to Act Smarter

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WISDOM COMES MOST easily to the recluse; that’s a process long been recognised and advocated throughout human history, and in most societies and civilisations....

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Deepening the Here and the Now

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IN THE FEEDBACK which has come to my attention to Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow's Penang2030, which he launched on August 29, 2018, just three months afte...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Pedestrians of the World, Unite!

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WE SAY THAT birds fly and fish swim. We think of reptiles as crawlers and monkeys as climbers. But what about us? What about man? What is our default physical a...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

With E-learning, Universal Education Finally Comes of Age

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LIKE SO MANY generations before me have done I associate learning with schools with buildings to which little uniformed boys and girls trudge before the day get...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Why Meet the 21st century with 20th century Mindsets?

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Why Meet the 21st century with 20th century Mindsets?We should not forget that in the days before social media and news websites, the flow of information &n...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Social Media and the Self

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What is it about social media that turns us so easily into converts and addicts?This is not a difficult question to answer, really. It is immediate; it prov...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Is Capitalism without Socialism Sustainable?

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The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the communist experiment, and to the extent that the experiment was an application of Marxist ideas about class...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Did Merdeka Liberate or Create Malaya?

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Sixty years may have passed since Merdeka Day, but its historical significance remains something we continue to debate.Did Malaya fight to free itself from...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

One Thing is Certain – Expect More Amendments to the Constitution

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As with all agreements, consensus and contracts, a Constitution is a hunt for a balance – and a dynamic one at that – between the expressing on one hand of lofty national aspirations and ambitions, and on the other of compromises meant to be more binding than they usually turn out to be.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

The Primacy of Political Economy in Asia

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It’s a complicated subject, this thing we call Economics. I don’t always know what it means.I remember once talking to Robert Kuok about it. His...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Ecotourism – Conduit to a New Consciousness?

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Ecotourism sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it?We do know that tourism brings benefits to a place, but we cannot deny the larger truth of what I like...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng