Lecture IV: THE FUTURE: GOVERNANCE, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THE REDEMPTION OF HOPE

The following sections are included:

• Governance and Vision

• The Law of Unintended Consequences

• The Great Sparrow Campaign

• Singapore’s Population Policy

• Lessons of Human Nature

• The Future is Unknowable

• Who Are We?

• Changing Identity

• Singapore as a Charter City

• Virtual Singapore

• What Can We Influence?

• The Innovator’s Dilemma

• Influencing the Future

• Luxembourg

• Where Are We?

• Singapore as a Hub in the Global Network

• The Hub in a Future Networked World

• The Impact of Digital Technologies

• Rethinking Borders

• Rethinking Connectivity

• Reinventing Singapore as a Global Hub

• Estonia — A Harbinger of the Future

• Where Next?

• Question-and-Answer Session. Moderator: Chua Mui Hoong