Aaron Maniam is the Director of the Industry Division at the Ministry
of Trade and Industry (Singapore). He is a curious generalist-civil
servant by profession; poet by calling; volunteer educator and diversity
facilitator by choice; all of them by passion. As the first Head of the
government’s Centre for Strategic Futures (2010 – 2011), he crafted
many letters, scenarios and other artefacts from the future. He believes
deeply in the value of such “anticipatory muscle”, and sees inculcating
long-term thinking in younger Singaporeans as the most important
thing he can do in and outside work.
Beyond the Scarcity Mindset – A Letter from My Future Self
Level #77 The InterfaceRaffles City-in-a-Garden10 August 2065 Dear Aaron-in-2016, I was incredibly excited when humanity finally cracked the time travel conundrum and I could send this letter. To think it was all done with…
