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What to learn from enforced errors of the past
Oped, Jacques Attali, Published on 28/10/2025
» Every generation believes it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns and motivations have weakened and even destroyed civilisations, or strengthened them and enabled them to flourish. To learn from the past requires recognising its symmetries and resonances.
Back from the past
Postbag, Published on 29/12/2024
» Re: "Decision on Kittiratt as Bank of Thailand chair not yet final", (BP, Dec 27) & "Kittiratt defends rice scheme: IMF triggers another round of criticisms", (Business, Nov 14, 2013).
America's technology blind spot
News, S Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang, Published on 09/12/2024
» Nationalism has emerged as a potent force shaping global tech policy, nowhere more so than in the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, his vision for America's technological future is coming into sharper focus.
US must reform antitrust and patent laws now
Oped, Mordecai Kurz, Published on 09/02/2024
» When the United States enacted the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890, Senator John Sherman offered a famous justification: "If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life. If we would not submit to an emperor, we should not submit to an autocrat of trade, with power to prevent competition and to fix the price of any commodity".
IP rights are key to sustainability
Oped, Michelle Chandra Kasih, Published on 04/11/2022
» Indonesians are increasingly aware of the need to develop in a more sustainable manner. In October 2022, the Jakarta High Court rejected the government's appeal of a citizen lawsuit that found President Joko Widodo negligent in failing to tackle Jakarta's notorious air pollution. Report after report indicates the rapidly growing problem of plastic waste, including marine plastic debris. Whilst the puzzle of how to build a sustainable future has many pieces, one crucial element is often overlooked: intellectual property (IP) rights.
Apocalypse may be just around the corner
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/09/2022
» Which would be worse: a global nuclear war with all buttons pressed, or real, self-conscious artificial intelligence that goes rogue? You know, the central theme of the Terminator movies.
16th century energy revolution can help fossil fuels exit
News, Roland Ennos, Published on 13/03/2021
» As we contemplate the problems of fossil fuels and climate change, we might look to the 16th and 17th centuries, when people broke free from dependence on our original energy source -- wood--and started burning our first fossil fuel -- coal -- instead.
Celebrating independence in Covid-19's shadow
News, Meir Shlomo, Published on 29/04/2020
» Seventy-two years ago, a momentous historical event was achieved when the State of Israel was established in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. In normal times, we would now be celebrating in the streets and parks, picnicking and enjoying the wonderful spring weather outdoors. But, like most countries, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Israelis are commemorating their independence day indoors, under strict regulations.
A win-win for nature and the economy
News, Sunthorn Tunmuntong, Published on 13/11/2019
» The Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year went to three visionary scientists for "creating a rechargeable world". Their works can help recharge the Thai economy too if the government does the right thing to support the lithium-ion industry.
Adopt new tech to solve drought
News, Meir Shlomo, Published on 16/08/2019
» The severe droughts that have been troubling parts of Thailand over the past few years, not to mention other countries in the region, represent a serious and worrying phenomenon, especially if they strike during what should be the monsoon period. Water shortages in the middle of the crop-planting season not only cause local farmers to suffer, but they also have much wider ripple effects.