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A Global Epiphany Dropped on Us This Century

By Ooi Kee Beng for The Edge Forum, 21-28 March 2026 IT IS SAID that pandemics change the world, but in such profound ways that it takes a long time before these changes become obvious. Once the paths they furrow become deep enough to be accepted as “The New Normal”, much of what was the … Continue reading

Let’s Globalize Wisely

By OOI KEE BENG Editorial in Penang Monthly, September 2014 There is much to worry about in the world today, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, ewhich should give us reason to pause and consider what the long-term, persistent and negative consequences of the cultural shrinking of the world actually are. Politically, … Continue reading