Bruce Gilley's Blog, page 27

A typical Chinese shophouse scene in Southeast Asia. Old Town Phuket.

A typical Chinese shophouse scene in Southeast Asia. Old Town Phuket.

Twenty years ago, mainstream Democrats did not believe in land acknowledgements, 1619, childhood gender mutilation, zero carbon, BDS, state-run health care, modern monetary theory, or open borders. Now that they do, they call moderate conservatives "far ri

Twenty years ago, mainstream Democrats did not believe in land acknowledgements, 1619, childhood gender mutilation, zero carbon, BDS, state-run health care, modern monetary theory, or open borders. Now that they do, they call moderate conservatives "far right".

Thai fishing boats on the horizon on a sultry evening in Phuket.

Thai fishing boats on the horizon on a sultry evening in Phuket.

Key insight #3: Governments in Southeast Asia are slowly but more thoughtfully rolling out digital services and public administration. Opportunities to brand their countries as digital governance innovators like @e_estonia and to create trusted platforms t

Key insight #3: Governments in Southeast Asia are slowly but more thoughtfully rolling out digital services and public administration. Opportunities to brand their countries as digital governance innovators like @e_estonia and to create trusted platforms that grow economies.

Key insight #2: Our academic colleagues in China have totally embraced digital dictatorship and do not appear capable of critical analysis of state directives on digital governance. Cheer-leading the high-tech dictatorship with no concerns about privacy, u

Key insight #2: Our academic colleagues in China have totally embraced digital dictatorship and do not appear capable of critical analysis of state directives on digital governance. Cheer-leading the high-tech dictatorship with no concerns about privacy, user needs, or rights.

Key insight #1 on making the transition to digital governance from Andrew Greenway @ad_greenway of @publicdigitalHQ on Day 1 of ICLG hosted by COLA @kkunews: Start small, learn fast, build teams, make the design user-driven esp. "fast and easy", be boldh

Key insight #1 on making the transition to digital governance from Andrew Greenway @ad_greenway of @publicdigitalHQ on Day 1 of ICLG hosted by COLA @kkunews: Start small, learn fast, build teams, make the design user-driven esp. "fast and easy", be bold

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7th International Conference on Local Government with a theme on "digital transformation" is now live-streaming. @kkunews https://fb.watch/gSF9k9smtM/

7th International Conference on Local Government with a theme on "digital transformation" is now live-streaming. @kkunews

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Glad I'm boiling your blood Harshvardhan. Welcome to America.

Glad I'm boiling your blood Harshvardhan. Welcome to America.

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Indicators:What non-partisan data points would make you confident about the future of the American republic?

Indicators:
What non-partisan data points would make you confident about the future of the American republic?

We are all party workers now. "...the national trend of crafting ideologically-charged faculty positions, so that professors become functionally adjunct DEI officers themselves." A beautiful turn-of-phrase by @JohnDSailer

We are all party workers now.

"...the national trend of crafting ideologically-charged faculty positions, so that professors become functionally adjunct DEI officers themselves." A beautiful turn-of-phrase by @JohnDSailer

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