Author: Marcus Loh
Frontier influencers, earned media, and the new propaganda playbook
Where mainstream media is weak, the information environment risks capture - and can be turned against a society's own national interests.
Young workers were told to do well in school and stay hungry; the jobs still didn’t come
AI and automation are compressing everything that can be made fast and routine. Your sustainable edge is not speed alone, but the ability to understand context, read what is actually happening in a room, push back on a brief that is technically correct but strategically wrong, and take responsibility when something goes wrong. These are parts of the job…
Convergence in the blood: How AI and biotech are rewriting cancer detection across Asia
Industrial bases, not just science, will determine whether breakthroughs become real benefits.
Beyond the HQ Hub: How Singapore can remain relevant in a world of job hugging
Treating job hugging as a passing morale issue would leave workers and firms underprepared for the economy Singapore is already becoming.
As Singaporeans live longer and healthier, our careers must too
Career health is becoming one of Singapore’s most important competitive determinants. More than employment stability, it reflects a worker’s ability to remain employable, adaptable, and upwardly progressing across a lifetime of technological and economic change. At its core is mobility - the capacity to shift across roles, adopt new tools, and reinvent…
How Singapore can win the AI race – and why it’s not just about technology
Keeping pace will require reimagining what Singapore has long done well: An adaptive compact between state and enterprise, updated for the AI age.
China’s great leap forward from assembly lines to algorithms
A more nuanced perspective reveals China’s transition from an export-driven, investment-heavy model to one centered on domestic consumption and technological innovation. Far from being abandoned, its vast manufacturing infrastructure is being upgraded and redeployed to support a high-tech future. This evolution is a testament to #China’s resilience,…
TikTok’s American reprieve: Byte-sized diplomacy
In the near term, TikTok’s return to U.S. app stores may feel like a reprieve for ByteDance, the platform’s creators, and millions of loyal users. Yet the fundamental tension - between a Chinese-linked enterprise and American lawmakers skeptical of foreign data harvesting - remains unresolved.
Singapore’s education debate: Beyond class sizes
Advocates of smaller classes argue that they improve teacher-student interaction, foster better learning outcomes, and help disadvantaged students. However, in a resource-constrained environment like #Singapore, where public investments must yield maximum returns, the evidence demands a closer examination.
From government to grassroots: Businesses and communities shape Singapore’s digital future in Smart Nation 2.0
A decade after launching its original Smart Nation initiative, Singapore is poised to embark on the next phase of transformation: #SmartNation2.0. This refreshed strategy is ambitious yet characteristic of the country’s pragmatic idealism - to overcome the inherent limitations that have always constrained the island nation and secure a leading position in…
