A Brave New World for the Talented is at Hand

By Zairil Khir Johari

November 2017 CARPE DIEM
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Technology is the most influential factor in determining how we live, work and communicate. This has especially been the case for the last 300 years, since technological breakthroughs such as the railroad and the electric telegraph spawned a dramatic and continuous transformation in how the world interacts with each other.Today, with the advent of computers and the internet, and even more significantly the life-changing convergence of the two in the form of smartphones, it is safe to say that we...

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Zairil Khir Johari

is the Penang state executive councillor for public works, utilities and flood mitigation, and the state assemblyman for Tanjong Bunga.

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