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10 Truths
Prof. Tay Kheng Soon’s 10 truths to live by
Preamble:Words are important. How we think is affected by the words we use because there are hidden assumptions in the…#1 Nation and State
When we think about Singapore, the present and its future the words “City-State and Nation- State” come up. They are…#2 Modernity, Modernism and Modernisation
This is my 2nd part in a series on commonly used words. The 1st was on Nation and State. Words…#3 Power and Politics
For me, the best definition of Politics is by political scientist Harold Lesswell. He said, ” Politics decides who gets…#4 Genetics and Human Nature
On genetics: The genes are the tiny biological instructions passed down from generation to generation built into every cell in…#5 Political Economy
I said in part 4 that there are two types of human nature. The natural one and the man-made one.…#6 Education vs Inducation
On Education: “Deschooling Society” by Ivan Illich challenged all our thinking on education. He called what we have “Inducation”. He…#7 Art, Beauty and Aesthetics
On Beauty, Art snd Aesthetics: As the world shifts away from the hegemony of western norms, we must liberate our…#8 Identity
On Identity: Everyone is self-aware. This awareness is human identity. We want to know who we are and where we…#9 Race and Progress
On Race and Progress: “The Yellow Peril” exists in the Western mind since the Mongol hordes swept in from the…