In a commentary, Joseph Chinyong Liow, Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and professor of comparative and international politics at RSIS, wrote that as digital technology grows ever more powerful, the intellectual skills associated with the study of HASS are needed more than ever to tackle the challenges of disruption and innovation. This is because HASS equip us with the analytical paradigms and creative environments to enrich – if not change – the conversation, taking discussions of science and technology beyond the question of how to build, and deeper into realms of inquiry regarding what precisely to build (for the good of society) and why we should (or shouldn’t) build them.