Kuala Lampur, March 28 -- Do we know each other enough?

Do we need to know each other enough?

Is knowing each other enough, possible?

While you the Malaysian ponder, a short esoteric segue into the essence of our playing field.

The majority of countries are civilisational constructs. The modern state is new, it builds from existing constructs and quirks of colonialism have birthed abstract nations like Malaysia.

Before, geography, culture, religion, history and the absence of functioning democracies kept people away from each other. It impeded economic and technological growth but it gave all space.

Today, technology, multiculturalism, trade and universal suffrage creates the greatest era of wealth ever, but with a price. Everyone c...