Just about every bar in Singapore has automatic-flush urinals. My brother visited while I was there, and coming back from the toilet one time he quips, “That little flashing light is Lee Kwan Yew watching me pee, isn’t it?” He’s a funny bugger my brother, but there’s more than a little ring of truth to it. Having lived previously only in Australia and the UK I wasn’t prepared for the profound sense of unease that subtly pervades your day when you live in a surveillance state. I us...
