Lecture II: GOVERNING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: RISK & RESILIENCE, IMAGINATION & INNOVATION

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Welcome to the Anthropocene

• The Great Acceleration

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Singapore and the Great Acceleration

• Consequences of the Anthropocene for Governance

• Disruption Is a Certainty

• Resilience

• The SARS Case Study

• A Resilient Response to SARS

• Efficiency vs Resilience

• Futures Thinking

• Maintaining Reserves

• Trust

• Antifragility

• Strengthening the Social Fabric — Antifragility in Action

• Risk

• The Problem of Cognitive Dissonance

• Risk as a Social Construct

• Risk as a Psychological Construct

• Risk and Uncertainty in Governance

• Experimentation

• The Innovator’s Dilemma

• Learning How to Exploit Underground Space

• Imagination

• Imagination and the Smart Nation

• The Politics of the Smart Nation

• Leadership

• Conclusion

• Question-and-Answer Session. Moderator: Chan Heng Chee