Much has been written about the famed Singapore civil service today as a model of efficiency and meritocracy. In comparison, there is little on how it was built up, or on the first-hand experiences of the pioneer group of local public servants.

The civil service did not start from a blank slate at independence – it is in fact the longest existing institution in Singapore. A series of critical events during the transition to independence came to define the relationship between public servants and political leaders, and these have shaped policymaking in Singapore to this day.

This video is a webinar to learn how Singapore has built up a world-beating civil service from the 1950s-60s until now with Hoe Yeong Loke, editor of Speaking Truth to Power and Adrian Kuah, director of the Futures Office of National University of Singapore.

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Welcome to Goto 10 for a thought-provoking talk about what democracy is all about in an age of fake news and post-truth. Based on recent research, Johan Farkas urges for the need to make space for popular dispute, difference and agonistic confrontations to uphold democratic traditions and institutions.

Democracies are currently under siege, as fake news are flooding social media and post-truth sentiments roam throughout society. This dystopian narrative has come to dominate political agendas across the globe. To save democracy – a number of voices argue – radical measures are needed. Indeed, for many, truth must be restored at all cost. In this talk, Johan Farkas critically examines contemporary post-truth discourses by honing in on and challenging their democratic underpinnings.

Through extensive analyses of scholarly and journalistic publications, the talk unpacks how post-truth discourses presuppose a certain normative idea of what democracy is and ought to be. Not only is democracy configured as a static construct in these discourses, it is also equated very narrowly with evidence-based decision-making and truth-telling practices. Engaging with critical political philosophy, Farkas highlights how these democratic imaginaries neglect how democracy has never been about truth, evidence and rationality alone. It is equally about the voice of the democratic people. By neglecting this cornerstone of the democratic tradition, post-truth discourses reproduce and strengthen a risky vision of democracy – one in which consensus and rationality dominate over civic voices and popular dispute. By doing so, contemporary post-truth discourses – and the solutions they contain – might end up deepening existing democratic problems.

What we need now – perhaps more than ever – is not simply more truth, but more politics proper. We need to fortify our democratic institutions by once again making space for popular dispute, difference and agonistic confrontations.

The talk is based Farkas’ new book, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood, written with Jannick Schou and published by Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Post....-Truth-Fake-News-and

About the Speaker – Johan Farkas

Johan Farkas is a PhD student in Media and Communication Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. His research engages with the intersection of digital media platforms, disinformation, politics, journalism and democracy. Farkas has published on these topics in international journals such as New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, and Critical Discourse Studies. His debut book, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of Falsehood (with Jannick Schou) was published by Routledge in September 2019. The book presents a detailed analysis of contemporary discourses of fake news and post-truth, offering both a trenchant critique and call for more inclusive forms of democracy. Farkas is currently Chair of the Young Scholars Network of the European Communication Research and Education Association (YECREA).

Website: http://johanfarkas.com
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This event is part of Your Data Your Democracy, a series of events focusing on issues related to the internet, society, and democracy. Through these events, the Swedish Internet Foundation works to open up the conversation between different actors to shine light on these issues though various perspectives.

We show how to design protocols that resist attackers with remote attestation, including both completely cryptographic methods such as on-line deniable key establishment (that work against some adversaries and as adopted by the upcoming OTRv4) and methods that use TEEs (which can stop it completely).

By Lachlan Gunn, Ricardo Vieitez Parra & N Asokan

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Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

In July 2020 the National Archives of Australia released the long-suppressed correspondence between Sir John Kerr and Queen Elizabeth II, written during Kerr's tumultuous tenure as Governor-General of Australia. The letters cover the constitutional crisis that culminated in Kerr's infamous dismissal of Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975.

In their book, The Truth of the Palace Letters, Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston reveal their meaning and significance for understanding the dismissal. The analysis of these documents and their authors throws a revealing light on the connection between the Queen in Buckingham Palace and the Governor-General in Canberra. Coupled with newly discovered archival documents and interviews, Kelly and Bramston explain the implications of the letters for our Constitution, our democracy and the republic debate.

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Disturbed is a multi-platinum-selling heavy metal band renowned for their hits “Down With The Sickness,” “Sound of Silence,” “The Vengeful One,” “The Light,” “Stricken,” “Land Of Confusion,” and “Indestructible.” They worked with artists like Myles Kennedy, and Lzzy Hale — amassing billions of global streams and achieving 5 consecutive number one debuts on the Billboard Top 200.

Lyrics:
[Intro]
Nah-ah, nah-ah
Now

[Verse 1]
I can feel the animal inside
And my resolve is weakening
Pounding at the doors of my mind
It's nearly overpowering
I cannot begin to describe
The hunger that I feel again
Run, if you intend to survive

[Pre-Chorus]
For the beast is coming to life
Taking form in the glimmer of this tainted moonlight
Death approaches on this night

[Chorus]
For the animal's soul is mine
We will be completed right before your eyes
I have no control this time
And now we both shall dine
In hell tonight

[Verse 2]
I can hear it calling again
The primal need is filling me
Changes are about to begin
And now my blood is boiling
I can see the fear in your eyes
But you can't bring yourself to scream
Time to shed the mortal disguise

[Pre-Chorus]
For the beast is coming to life
Taking form in the glimmer of this tainted moonlight
Death approaches on this night

[Chorus]
For the animal's soul is mine
We will be completed right before your eyes
I have no control this time
And now we both shall dine
In hell tonight

[Verse 3]
We begin the hunt and I
Feel the power course, as the creatures take flight
For the kill is close and I
Will be satisfied
For the smell of fear tonight
Wakes an ancient lust
That will not be denied (You're mine)

[Chorus]
For the animal's soul is mine
We will be completed right before your eyes
I have no control this time
And now we both shall dine
In hell tonight

[Outro]
For the animal's soul is mine
And the world around will never hear your cries
An unholy crime
And now we both shall dine
In hell tonight

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Lyrics:
Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence, like a cancer, grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound
Of silence"

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Lyrics:
Every time I’ve looked the other way
I’m reminded why I feel so disgraced, again
I didn’t want to march into the fray
I know I’ll never make the same mistake, again

Chorus:
I won't back down
Oh
I won’t back down from this fight
I won't back down
Oh, I won’t… be denied now.

I’m somebody who cannot pretend
I refuse to drown in my shame, again
I know that there will never be an end
So I will never fail to stand my ground, again

Chorus

Get up, get up

Come on, come on

Get up, get up

Come on!

Chorus

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Lyrics:
[Intro]
You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong
You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong

You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong
You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong

[Verse 1]
You're "never, ever wrong"
Always something more to say
You're never wrong
Well, you never mind, I'll be fine
You're never wrong
And there's nothing more to say
You're never wrong
It's gonna end this time

You're "never wrong"
You can never be contained
You're never wrong
Well, you never mind, I'll be fine
You're never wrong
Don't even bother to explain
You're never wrong
You'll never win this time

[Pre-Chorus]
Feel the anger coming
Feel my patience running
Well, it's plain to see that
You have lost your damn mind

[Chorus]
How could you let it end up this way?
Is there really nothing more you can say?
I'm not taking
Another fucking dose of your denial today
I'm not willing to deal with someone
Who insists that they can never be wrong
So, just keep on talking to the wall
Because I'm walking away

[Verse 2]
You're never, ever wrong
And you never will believe
That you were wrong
You'll just never mind and be fine
You're never wrong
Are you really that deceived
The illusion has to end this time

Well, you were wrong
I know it's difficult to see
That you were wrong
In your little mind, every time
Yeah, you were wrong
And now you'd better believe
The game is coming to an end this time

[Pre-Chorus]
Feel the anger coming
Feel my patience running
And it's easy to see
You've made me lose my damn mind!

[Chorus]
How could you let it end up this way?
Is there really nothing more you can say?
I'm not taking
Another fucking dose of your denial today
I'm not willing to deal with someone
Who insists that they can never be wrong
So, just keep on talking to the wall
Because I'm walking away

[Bridge]
If you shut your mouth
Then we just might make it
You want a fight, be careful
What you're wishing for
So, say it again, push it again
And there is no coming back this time

Shut your mouth
'Cause I just can't take it
I'm ready to fight
Is it all that you were hoping for?
Don't say it again—do it again
There'll be no coming back this time

[Chorus]
How could you let it end up this way?
Is there really nothing more you can say?
I'm not taking
Another fucking dose of your denial today
I'm not willing to deal with someone
Who insists that they can never be wrong
So, just keep on talking to the wall
Because I'm walking away

How could you let it end up this way?
Is there really nothing more you can say?
I'm not taking
Another fucking dose of your denial today
I'm not willing to deal with someone
Who insists that they can never be wrong
So, just keep on talking to the wall
Because I'm walking away

[Outro]
You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong
You're "never, ever wrong"
No, you're never wrong, never wrong

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"Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park

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Chorus:
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

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"America" by Simon & Garfunkel from The Concert in Central Park
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Lyrics:
"Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

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