Wednesday, November 16, 2011

technocracy

Technocracy would utilize specialists in the field to solve problems on a public scale.

Presumably it assumes that technology can resolve many complex economic,scientific problems but some issues have multiple effects on ethics,moral,environment,humanism.Some problems have effects that would be apparent only after a long time.

Quality of life would be better if the population growth is manageable based on the resources available to sustain a decent life.Unfortunately ,since reproduction is a human right,then how would governments deal with balancing population growth with economic growth?

A parliamentary system has elected representatives based on geographic locality .How about one that is based on diverse age groups,ethnic groups,occupational representation with workers and employers each having equal representation?


Despite all that rhetoric ,at the end of the day the real power behind the throne is still money talks.


If technology replaces human labour,then who would be the consumers of goods and services produced by technological advancement? What would be the consequence on society if human labour is redundant? Work adds meaning and purposeto life and if one doesn't,then why are humans here on earth?

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

where is Msian ranking in PISA

PISA is a test that measures the average performance across the population for 15 year old secondary school students.

Tests are set by the OECD nations and even includes countries in eastern europe.

Surprised to see that the average scores for maths,science and reading as conducted in 2009 across 65 countries.


1. Shanghai
2. Hong Kong
3. Finland
4. Singapore
5. Korea
6. Japan
9. Taipei
43. Isreal

Malaysia did not participate in the survey.

What does this speak of the international ranking of our public schools,the quality of education when it comes to international benchmarking on a global scale?