NATION TECHNOLOGIES

Chapter 8 Embracing Emerging Technologies : The Case of the Singapore Intelligent Nation 2015 Vision

As info-communication technology (ICT) rapidly advances, many governments around the world launch initiatives to get their country wired and connected, both nationally and internationally, in order to navigate and compete more effectively in the knowledge age and economy. Many countries are reviewing and restructuring their national network infrastructures, information and media regulations, an...

Nation - building

Nations stay together when citizens share enough values and preferences. Homogeneity amongst people can be built with education, teaching a common language to facilitate communication, but also by brute force such as prohibiting local cultures. Democracies and dictators have different incentives when it comes to choosing how much and by what means to homogenize the population. We study and we c...

The fructose nation.

There is growing miasma in our national correspondence over the increasing heft and metabolic dysfunction of everyday Americans. The origin of this mounting poundage has many parents, not the least of which is our appetite for nutritive (read caloric) sweeteners in processed foods and beverages. The culprit derivatives taking most heat today are various formulations of added fructose. Bray et a...

A nation divided.

Modernism and Nation Building