Need to nurture thinkers

THE late Tan Sri Noordin Sopiee used to remark that while it may appear unfair that some countries are blessed with valuable resources below their feet (like gold, oil and gas, for example), God is very fair because there is always equal distribution of what we have between our ears (meaning our brains). 

In his occasional walkabouts at ISIS Malaysia where he was the director-general and chief executive officer, he would say, “Isn’t it amazing that what we have between our ears can be more powerful than what we have under our feet?”