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...would be a mistake to abandon the idea of progress because history does not follow a linear path to social harmony or because most progress—though certainly not all—has an embarrassingly Western origin. As logical positivists like Wittgenstein showed, it is a “pseudo-problem” to argue over which value system or civilization is objectively superior, but in empirical terms of human happiness, progress is a fact, one that it would be a disservice to human history and the future to deny...
...Western thinking, the world is linear; you can chop it up and analyze it, and we can all work on our little part of the project independently until it's solved. The classically Eastern mind, according to Nisbett, sees things differently: the world isn't a length of rope but a vast, closed chain, incomprehensibly complex and ever changing. When you look at life from this second perspective, some unlikely connections reveal themselves. You're forced to retreat from the den of libertarianism and sniff the wind, to wake up when someone in Khartoum or Mogadishu twitches in his sleep...
There is no linear trajectory of development, with Africa on one end and the United States on the other. Every society has its own dynamic history of progress or regress that must be considered on its own terms. Living on less than a dollar a day isn’t so bad if your cost of living is much lower. Who is better educated: the illiterate African who can recite epic poetry and oral history for days without pause, or the literate American who never reads anything but comics and the McDonald’s menu? Residents of many...
...Tartiniana,” choreographed by Claudia F. Schreier ’08, is the only dull moment of the evening. Though it is perhaps only because the rest of the show is so impressive, the choreography of this number comes off as restrained, studied, and linear. The Tartini concerto itself is fast-moving and repetitive, and the dancers are not entirely synchronized. The costumes consist of simple black tights and skirts, giving the entire piece the appearance of a studio exercise. The highlight of the event comes at the end of the first act with...
...this restrictive one-issue-at-a-time approach. Unlike Crimson Reading and the teaching hotline, all three of these reforms hinge on faculty and administration approval. Given their limited power in the decisions, it is unrealistic to hope the UC will neatly accomplish one goal per month in the linear fashion its leaders have laid out. The UC needs to start lobbying Harvard’s leadership now.We would love to see Petersen and Sundquist fulfill all 56 of their campaign promises by next January. But it is more important that they first address the most egregious problems facing students...