Globalization as a Symbol
I will just briefly touch on semiotics. Semiotics is called the study of symbols. It is about symbols in culture. The ancestral tablet for the traditional Chinese is a symbol with significant meanings. It is a sign of respect for your ancestors, it is a belief in the after-life, it is a kind of religiosity when incense is burned...
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good
The immortal line from the movie Wall Street ’97. The main protagonist is Gordon Gecko, a representation of Wall Street and its predator instincts. Gecko is said to be an amalgamation of Oliver Stone’s (the director of the movie) own father, Asher Edelman and Michael Milken. Michael Milken is of course famous for his junk...
Gorillas vs Monkeys
‘After I had just taken over as the Housing Board's chairman in 2000, an astute academic asked me: 'Tong Dow, what's your greatest problem at HDB?' Then he diagnosed it himself: 'Initially, you gave peanuts to monkeys so they would dance to your tune. Now you've given them so much by way of peanuts that the monkey has become...
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