A Tsunami of Cultural Disruptions is on the Horizon
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
January 2019 EDITORIAL
The digital revolution that in recent years has been pigeonholed as Industry 4.0, in reality, transforms modern life in more ways than merely through new products, new production processes and new consumption patterns. No doubt it has transformed the taxi industry and is undermining the hotel business, but the times that are a-changing leave no stone unturned.We call these processes disruptive and not chaotic because they provide radical substitutes while destroying the old structures. Information flows have changed, and traditional...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
