Do we vote out of fear or out of foresight?
Bala Pillai
Malaysians are at crossroads. To cope with globalisation and stay
ahead of societies in the region who want our lower value-added jobs,
we have to become a developed society as we once were. 500 years ago,
as we were then constituted, there were less societies in the world
that were ahead of us, than now.
Becoming a developed society, requires us to readopt the developed
society values we once had. The kind of values that will value premium
human capital accordingly, that will reduce the brain drain
drastically, that will encourage the boldest minds to reach for the
sky without fear of ISA. Remember "some make the world happen, more
watch the world happen, most wonder what happened". The Hindraf 5 are
"some make the world happen". Soft skills are the hard skills. I urge
readers to consider the articulation of ex-Finance Minister of Chile,
Fernando Flores on innovation, values and power of intention rich
words at http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/21/flores.html
The question then is "do we vote out of fear or do we vote out of foresight?"
Bala Pillai
(Ed: background: Since 1995, Bala Pillai is owner of Malaysia.Net and
together with the late MGG Pillai founded the first Malaysian online
community, Sangkancil, that set an example for many other daring
Malaysian Internet efforts. Facebook profile:
http://profile.to/balapillai )