By Khmer Canadian
Re: Only science and technology can save the Khmer race
We always tend to blame others about our failures: neighbours, etc.
We should focus more on our ability to manage and control our behavior and mentality.
This means that we should individually do something more productively in our free time, like advancing ourselves to a high degree to leave examples for generations to come. This in turn will keep fueling the momentum of progress towards innovation and originality. This would be our blueprint.
However, I can't speak for everybody since each of us has our own areas of specialization, lives in different geographical regions, and has different ways of living. But one thing for sure is that success will depend more on yourselves and failures will not rest on anybody, but yourselves.
This shows that it is a matter of skilled manipulation or the arts of working well with everybody. Everybody has their own interests and comparative advantage. So it comes down to trading with each other. One may gain more than others. But the gaining of things is weighed depending on how much you value your products.
We have not invented any technologically advanced machinery or capabilities after the decline of the Angkorian period. We always lacked scholars doing research and exploration to change and modernize ourselves just by curiosity. Everyone just kept things the same over and over again without acumen of the betterment.
Also, social norms have a cost. Laziness and comfort and luxury have prices. To be lazy is to not produce or is an inefficient way to utilize available time. To achieve comfort and luxury is that production targets are achieved and efficiency has been maximized. In term of social norms, for example, everyone does the same activity or hobby without everyone diversifying their activities. These means we don't have innovators, researchers or explorers to gain further and highly skilled knowledge for the good of the public in the long run.
To summarize, in order for us Khmer to compete with neighbors, we must keep doing business with them and may eventually out-compete them as long as we keep innovating newer, more efficient and consistent ideas for us to work together regardless of our differences. Labour will always be abundant and capital will always be limited. This is where entrepreneurial spirits will come into force for the market economy to function well in a society of pluralistic values and ideas where time is maximized to the fullest and in variations of choices between leisure and work.
Khmer Canadian Aluminus at the University of Western Ontario (UWO)
UWO KhCdn, University of Western Ontario
Re: Only science and technology can save the Khmer race
We always tend to blame others about our failures: neighbours, etc.
We should focus more on our ability to manage and control our behavior and mentality.
This means that we should individually do something more productively in our free time, like advancing ourselves to a high degree to leave examples for generations to come. This in turn will keep fueling the momentum of progress towards innovation and originality. This would be our blueprint.
However, I can't speak for everybody since each of us has our own areas of specialization, lives in different geographical regions, and has different ways of living. But one thing for sure is that success will depend more on yourselves and failures will not rest on anybody, but yourselves.
This shows that it is a matter of skilled manipulation or the arts of working well with everybody. Everybody has their own interests and comparative advantage. So it comes down to trading with each other. One may gain more than others. But the gaining of things is weighed depending on how much you value your products.
We have not invented any technologically advanced machinery or capabilities after the decline of the Angkorian period. We always lacked scholars doing research and exploration to change and modernize ourselves just by curiosity. Everyone just kept things the same over and over again without acumen of the betterment.
Also, social norms have a cost. Laziness and comfort and luxury have prices. To be lazy is to not produce or is an inefficient way to utilize available time. To achieve comfort and luxury is that production targets are achieved and efficiency has been maximized. In term of social norms, for example, everyone does the same activity or hobby without everyone diversifying their activities. These means we don't have innovators, researchers or explorers to gain further and highly skilled knowledge for the good of the public in the long run.
To summarize, in order for us Khmer to compete with neighbors, we must keep doing business with them and may eventually out-compete them as long as we keep innovating newer, more efficient and consistent ideas for us to work together regardless of our differences. Labour will always be abundant and capital will always be limited. This is where entrepreneurial spirits will come into force for the market economy to function well in a society of pluralistic values and ideas where time is maximized to the fullest and in variations of choices between leisure and work.
Khmer Canadian Aluminus at the University of Western Ontario (UWO)
UWO KhCdn, University of Western Ontario
6 comments:
To summarize, in order for us Khmer to compete with neighbors, we must keep doing business with them
-So are you saying in order to save Khmer we must sell Khmer? Such as what CPP are doing atm, by selling our land, our resources, our trees, even our Angkor Wat?
But of course, doing business with them is good because it benifits the nation. So my question is, can we trust the dictator to make the decision for us?
I agree what you said. But please Stop saying "KHMER RACE" Say "Khmer or Cambodian".Hope you are not Racist.
In this high tech world, Our society especially our peasant must change their attitude and behavior. Our peasant must know new technology in farming and also must have ENTRE-Preneurship....They must not kneel or crawl before the Powerful.
I don't like the Racist word "Khmer Race". I would prefer the word "Khmer People" or "Cambodian people"which include all people whatever their origin that has contribute to the development of the Country and Nation.
To Khmerization,
We thank you for your work, but please do not try to
peddle any particular agenda.
You have posted twice, as feature articles the perspective of the Khmer Canadian. His view, for one
thing is academic and not practical to save Cambodia
at this juncture, may be in the long run.
As you can see, numerous posters are either against his
view or at least did not support him.
I, for one do not want you to post my postings as a feature article either, if they only agree with your
views.
It is not my view, yours or the Khmer Canadian's that
are important. It shall be OUR collective views and
beleifs that most Khmers share.
Lectures, academic wishful thinking are not going to save our country now.
We must ACT.
Time may run out !
Thank you
8 March 2012 3:04 PM
Can someone define what is a Khmer and a Cambodian? Khmer is the majority racial group of Cambodia,but Cambodian includes everyone living in Cambodia correct? If we're not racist, than a Cambodian could be a Thai, Viet, Chinese, Naturalized citizen, or Khmer. Are we ready to accept it this way?
Dear Readers,
I do not favour any particular writers or commenters. I post articles based on their merits and their ability to attract debates and discussions.
Those who wanted their articles/comments posted must present good ideas that are able to engender debates. Thank you.
Khmerization
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