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thoughts on why the smartest country in the world has never shipped anything that matters, and why only you can fix it.

if you meet the singaporean on the road thoughts on why the smartest country in the world has never shipped anything that matters, and why only you can fix it. eigenmoomin Sep 02, 2025 1,091 72 183 Share We are the descendants of those brave few who, fleeing war, fleeing famine, or perhaps just seeking their fortunes, gave up their whole world to move to a new life on this island. They built a country which works so well, it has tamed the utter chaos that historically defined most of our forebears’ lives and given us all a neat, packaged life. A life which most of us can live formulaically, sl

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