Ever since humankind has been on Earth, people across time and space have tried to overcome trials and make life worthwhile. In their respective times and contexts, societies attained a relative stability. As a result, the trials that the earliest humans underwent have largely gone, only to be replaced by new sets of challenges today. Notwithstanding the universality of hardship, societies tend to navigate it and attain shared prosperity. They abhor hardship and tend to selflessly lend a voice and a helping hand should any individual or group have their rights usurped or marginalised. For them, crises are opportunities in disguise, should they be learnt from. And gradually, these societies, however plagued by crisis, overcome them.

Why have we, as a society, failed to navigate, let alone address, the crises in our 79 years of existence? Why does the country's struggle throughout its history resemble Sisyphus's struggle, with the boulder repeatedly tumbling back into the abyss? Much like elsewhere, crises and issues are........

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