AI—Boon or Bane, Intelligent or Illusory?
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These are the days of miracle and wonder. Don’t cry, baby, don’t cry. Don’t cry. — Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble”, 1986.
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Raising The FLAG To Make Leadership A Common Concern
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PENANG INSTITUTE is in the process of launching its Forum for Leadership And Governance (FLAG) Project. The venue for its series of initiatives will be the newl...
Urban Mobility and The Sense of Common Purpose
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MODERN ECONOMICS and modern living are paradoxically based on sustained advances in means of mobility, on the one hand, and in the human ability to live in huge...
Excelling Every Day Is Easier Than You Think
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ANYONE WHO HAS achieved something they are proud of, when revisiting the memory of it later in life, tends to feel a warm and tingling sensation of “Wow, did I...
Books Are the Preferred Medium: Even for the Gods
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“BEST PRACTICES” is quite a clever term. I had trouble accepting it at first, trained to be relativistic as I am by the social sciences. I had to ask questions...
An Hour with the Author: Tan Twan Eng. A Global Penang Tale on Meaning and Marriage
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Tan Twan Eng, one of Penang’s most famous authors today, was in town in July. He granted Penang Monthly an interview at the E&O Hotel, where some key scenes...
Insular Yet Global. Is That Not the Essence of Penang?
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GROWING UP IN the foothills of the Penang highlands, the towering heights — ever verdant, ever extant — always acted as the backdrop to my young life. It comfor...
After a Year in Power, Has Pakatan Harapan Learnt Enough to Save Malaysia from Itself?
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The big debate in Malaysia one year after the change in government on May 9, 2018, concerns the unfolding nature of Pakatan Harapan (PH).No one seriously doub...
Do You Remember Having a Memory?
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Have you noticed that one easy way to look cool nowadays is to carry a book with you? It can sit leisurely in your hand or be lightly squeezed under your armp...
Middle Bank – Penang’s Central Park
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HISTORY seldom follows a distinct and predictable line of events. Contingencies, serendipities, good luck and bad luck, all come into play. Naturally, therefore...
Catharsis The Rebirth of Malaysia Finally Begins
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This article first appeared in our June 2018 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memor...