Competition is discriminative by nature, separating winners from losers, the fittest from the less so crowd. Does that mean to avoid discrimination one needs to be a winner? #ThursdayThoughts
‘In truth, European civilization is anything Europeans make of it, just as Christianity is anything Christians make of it, ... And they have made of it remarkably different over the centuries.’ #21lessonsfromthe21stcenturies
‘But liberalism has no obvious answer to the biggest problems we face: ecological collapse and technological disruptions. Liberalism traditionally relied on economy growth to magically solve difficult social and political conflicts.’ #21lessonsforthe21stcentury
‘When it came time to explain how Indonesia, Vietnam and all the other free nations should relate to one another and how humans should deal with global problems... nationalists invariably turned to either liberal or communist ideas’ #21lessonsforthe21stcentury
‘Perhaps in the 21st-century populist revolts will be staged not against an economic elite that exploits people , but against an economic elite that does not need them anymore’ #21lessonsforthe21stcentury
I hope lockdown will make people miss being part of the greater world societies and reverse the trend for deglobalization; but, politicians who promote protectionism represent a class who had been left behind by globalization. To continue, the world must leave no one behind.
For most of us, the pandemic situation is a life changing reality; for some, it's just another chance to prove resilience hardened through a life-long struggle. Thank you @MarcusCooks.
“You can argue that being black and being an immigrant we have been in a pandemic for many years…but those are the sources of strength that I draw from at this moment.” Marcus Samuelsson @MarcusCooks is Anne McElvoy’s latest guest on “The Economist Asks” https://t.co/3cRu1dKJDZ
Many countries, e.g. Italy, Australia etc., are confidently easing their isolation policy - I think partly because they have some degree of trust in their test figures measuring the infection rate.
An amazing thought piece - especially relevant for my line of job, from @gloriaoriggi on the importance of reconstructing the reputational path of information and the agenda of its disseminators https://t.co/wc6lg8D5hW