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Practicalism
The world is a messed up place, brought about by millennia of wrong ideas
No place on earth is immune from problems
Some of those problems are natural, such as tsunamis and earthquakes
Some are from history: from ancient empires to colonialism to Post World War II
experiences
Some are cultural: Western European and American hubris, Asian conformity, Muslim
slavish adherence
Some are violent: war, revolutions, terrorism and incursions
Some are economic: control of wealth, efficiency of wealth creation, disparity and poverty
Some are political: one party rule, multiparty rule, corruption
Some are home grown: some come from the outside.
Few people come up with practical solutions, but instead engage in political solutions of
transferring political power from one group to another while the laws and customs stay the
same
On each locale on earth, all these factors play a role, intertwined
In order to understand why we are in the mess we are in one must understand the great
sweep of history, and know why the 196 nations and about 150 non-national jurisdictions
are in the situation they are in and how they got there, and how they interact with all the
other places.
It is a complex situation
Include all other players: media, business, education, NGOs, dissidents, irredentists, and
individuals, and it is even more complex
Know that it is impossible to know every particular, and that every other individual,
however situated is in the exact same conundrum:
imperfect knowledge in a multi-player game with shifting rules with no end, coupled with
emotion and faith
The world is a messed up place, brought about by millennia of wrong ideas
No place on earth is immune from problems
Some of those problems are natural, such as tsunamis and earthquakes
Some are from history: from ancient empires to colonialism to Post World War II
experiences
Some are cultural: Western European and American hubris, Asian conformity, Muslim
slavish adherence
Some are violent: war, revolutions, terrorism and incursions
Some are economic: control of wealth, efficiency of wealth creation, disparity and poverty
Some are political: one party rule, multiparty rule, corruption
Some are home grown: some come from the outside.
Few people come up with practical solutions, but instead engage in political solutions of
transferring political power from one group to another while the laws and customs stay the
same
On each locale on earth, all these factors play a role, intertwined
In order to understand why we are in the mess we are in one must understand the great
sweep of history, and know why the 196 nations and about 150 non-national jurisdictions
are in the situation they are in and how they got there, and how they interact with all the
other places.
It is a complex situation
Include all other players: media, business, education, NGOs, dissidents, irredentists, and
individuals, and it is even more complex
Know that it is impossible to know every particular, and that every other individual,
however situated is in the exact same conundrum:
imperfect knowledge in a multi-player game with shifting rules with no end, coupled with
emotion and faith