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I still have to read the book, but I am a bit worried that it will have a similar fate to Fukuyama's End of History.. It's interesting to compare Pinker and Ch
by js8 9y ago
I still have to read the book, but I am a bit worried that it will have a similar fate to Fukuyama's End of History..
It's interesting to compare Pinker and Chomsky. IIRC, in some interview Pinker said that he has much more skeptical view of human nature than Chomsky.. And yet, regarding the humanity as a whole, he seems to be more optimistic than Chomsky, who considers (and rightfully so, I think) global warming and nuclear war as two grave dangers. Although Chomsky also often states that things are somewhat getting better when it comes to human rights and so on.
- jhbadger 9y agoI think "The End of History" gets a bad rap. People say the rise of China (for example) is a counterexample to his theory, as it is becoming economically successful without being a democracy, but with all the clever wordplay Chinese citizens are using online to get around attempts of censorship, it is really questionable how long China's educated and technologically sophisticated populace can be controlled by a one party state.
- garmaine 9y agoI think Tianimen square and it’s afterma is a counter example to this.
- hsljekskfh 9y agoit persists, it's the most populous country in the world, and it's had the biggest growth in economic production over the last 50 years of any nation state in history. i don't see why you would question whether a one party system would work without in the same breath questioning whether a two party system like the us has would work, or whether a several party system like european countries have would work.