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The Nation’s Immune System

Why the ability to take technology apart, and to do it ourselves, has become a foundation of national resilience Somewhere in our lab, right now, an engineer is deliberately breaking something. And, like an immune system, you tend to notice it only when it fails.

Technology Innovation Institute15 September 2026 at 4:00 PM GST1 evidence link

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What happened

Deciding what it means, how far it reaches, and what a nation should do about it remains stubbornly, irreducibly human.

Why it matters

You cannot outsource the ability to know whether the technology your nation runs on can be trusted.

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