TEN years ago, Sarwono Kusumaatmadja chose Indroyono Soesilo as a member of his team in the Department of Maritime Exploration because he was “strange.” “I tend to bring together people who are unusual, who have a different way of thinking,” he said. This type of person is needed to be able to question limitations, in this case to go against the general agrarian mentality of an archipelagic nation.

At the time, Sarwono was appointed by P