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There are those who would have you
believe the end is nigh. Doom besets us
on all sides and the world is headed to
hell in a handbasket.
Well, it just isn’t so.
Viscount Matt Ridley, British Lord,
scientist and author, presents ample
evidence for the rising fortunes of mankind
in his book,
The Rational Optimist: How
Prosperity Evolves
. From the billions that
have been lifted out of poverty, to the
improving health of the planet, things are
demonstrably getting better for the vast
majority of humankind. Lives in most of
the world are not nearly as ‘solitary, poor,
nasty, brutish and short’ (Thomas Hobbes)
as they were even 200 years ago.
For that development to continue will
require us all to persist to not only simply
‘make things better’, but also to harness
new technologies and expansive ways
of thinking. The Li Ka Shing Foundation
brought Singularity University to
Hong Kong to help students there do just
that. And CK Hutchison Group companies
have been doing it with vehicles,
as you’ll discover in our cover story
‘Vehiculation Aspiration’.
Agility in developing digital assets through
global partnerships and A S Watson’s
eLabs in Asia and Europe are part of this
expanded thinking. New means of using
the Internet and broadband are also part of
a brighter future envisioned by Hutchison
Global Communications and through
Group efforts in online marketing.
It is our responsibility to rise to this
challenge every day. Our optimism will
be buoyed by the rationality that arises
from our continuous learning and
honest efforts.
WELCOME
Sphere
Magazine #40
July 2016
Cover Illustration
By Kaliz Lee
Rational Optimists
CKHH vehicles defy
conventional definitions.
Materials and chemical
sciences, big data
applications and innovative
systems mean that old
definitions are out of the
window. Much of the most
useful work is now unseen,
remote-controlled and does
more than move simply
people and things about.
Our artist captures the
modernity and complexity
of the inspiration in our
vehiculation.
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Development will require us to not only simply ‘make
things better’, but also harness new technologies and
expansive ways of thinking.
