Abstract
This book is about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the dilemma it creates, or should create, in leaders – social, political or academic – especially in a country like Malaysia. But let me first take a leap across time and space and quote from a
poem by the American sage, Ralph Waldo Emerson – one that reinforces the core message of this book. The poem is titled “Ode, Inscribed to William H. Channing,” written some 170 years ago, during the time of the First Industrial Revolution, when the American society and landscape was first “invaded” by the steam engine...
poem by the American sage, Ralph Waldo Emerson – one that reinforces the core message of this book. The poem is titled “Ode, Inscribed to William H. Channing,” written some 170 years ago, during the time of the First Industrial Revolution, when the American society and landscape was first “invaded” by the steam engine...
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-205 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Technology
- Innovation
- Book review