The Age of Revolution

Designed by Couple
Research and Copy by Ee Ming

Since the dawn of civilisation, our revolutions around the sun have witnessed the rise and fall of empires, the invention of wheels and weapons of mass destruction, and the spread of plagues and ideologies. Revolution is indeed everywhere, in everything. The shift in population demographics, an ascending China challenging the US-dominated world order, technological encroachment and climate change are the ominous forces dismantling traditional pillars of power. The Russian roulette of geopolitics, hybrid and proxy warfare, snowballing debt and deficit, spiralling inflation and food insecurity are leading us into a tailspin.

Amid the chaos, radical visionaries, riding on an exponential wave of computing power, hack into our consciousness and create alternate paradigms that liberate the mind and our collective destiny. We plot the revolutions that have ignited chain reactions in the realms of health and care, social and political, art and design, as well as science and technology. It’s time to turn the page.

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