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...they're not really broad enough. Your authors are policy advisers, economists and experts who present a materialistic view of the world. There is no philosopher, no artist, no musician. By neglecting nonmaterialistic values, you present rather a narrow and lopsided view of the future. And I would ask, is a future that looks like this really worth living in? Hans Gerbig, GERSTHOFEN, GERMANY...
Fellow attendee Hyman Hartman, a research scientist in MIT’s biology department, told the panelists that the reading he had done in sociology and economics inspired him to ask two questions: “Is the nation-state a viable, stable entity in a world that’s globalizing in a way that has made the nation-state less viable?” and “Why is there only a Nobel prize in economics? Why isn’t there one in sociology, for example...
...Ask an Obama Administration official why the President is bringing nearly 50 heads of state all the way to Washington just so they can collectively declare that loose nukes are bad, and you'll get a version of this: America can only be safe if international cooperation is strong...
...lately, one thing has been missing from the trial: Olmert himself. He left the country last month, a few days before the trial entered an accelerated schedule. He has been out of the country ever since. The trial judge did not ask him to post bail. (Are Olmert's troubles divine retribution...
...ambivalent about the Western world order. Its association with it, after all, began violently: the shock of the Opium Wars 170 years ago, a collision that led to what the Chinese think of as a century of humiliation during which nine foreign nations tromped through the country. Americans often ask why Chinese care so much about sovereignty. To which Chinese say, Come back and ask after you've been invaded by nine countries. (See "Could Obama Get Around China's 'Great Firewall...