Datuk Dr Ooi Kee Beng, executive director of the Penang Institute and author of "Signal in the Noise" has spent three decades studying Malaysia, nation-building, and political philosophy. We embark on a wide-ranging conversation with him on his observations of Malaysian history, politics, culture, and where the country and it's people are headed.

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