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I'm greatly entertained by the SV-ification of LKY here. I can't wait for the SV-ification of Goh Keng Swee.

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Mar 26, 2021

Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) on Lee Kuan Yew: "He was the first startup CEO of a country, of a city state. And I think we'll see a thousand more like him." Listen to my interview with @balajis here: tim.blog/balaji

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It's to be expected. As Disney bastardises other cultural narratives in their movies, SV has a simplistic, if not reductive, understanding of politics and cultural norms, especially Asian societies.

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Huh? Who?

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oh no Echoes of 1980s America's facile understanding of Japan are ringing in my ears. Well Cedric, here's hoping something like your Singapore reading list hits Hacker News before this goes sideways.