I have long been banging on that software is a new form of literacy (and will have similar deep far reaching social changes)

I completely agree with you about the Singapore PMs political views. But this is a turning in the weather - all of us must become coders - the "elites", our leaders, our children, our accountants etc. And one country has now got one "literate" leader. He will make different decisions because of his literacy.

We might not like those decisions, but software awareness will affect his decisions (although probably less than local politics, economics, bribes etc)

We are seeing chnage happen