[dazsnow]

Singapore's GovTech does amazing work.

[United857]

Even their prime minister can code in C/C++: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/prime...

[afr0ck]

He was the Wrangler at the Univ of Cambridge (best Undergrad in Math).

[random314]

And it's no mean achievement. Here is the list of Senior wranglers on wikipedia. Check out his peers to see what mathematics possibly missed out on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Wrangler

[djtango]

I prefer to think of it as what politics and society gained.

It was pretty clear that most politicians, let alone leaders, didn't know what "exponential" meant over the pandemic.

At a time where technological advance has vastly outpaced politics (Joe Biden was around 65 when the first iphone came out) I think it's quite remarkable to have a Maths-CS major heading up a (small) nation.

[2143]

> most politicians, let alone leaders, didn't know what "exponential" meant over the pandemic.

Maybe they did and chose to ignore it. Lots of countries (including but not limited to the USA) have people with high credentials at the helm. Or they have advisors with high credentials close by.

> I think it's quite remarkable to have a Maths-CS

Math never gets old.

> a (small) nation

They may be small, but they definitely punch above their weight :)

[whimsicalism]

The qualifications of most people in politics are not nearly as good in the US.

In the US, the private sector eats the public sector and leaves very few high quality candidates behind.

[dailo10]

SSO for your gov't ID is a no-brainer