The great Prof has aged so much....and he is very subdued. Deep in his heart he must be feeling very sad because the shining city on the hill is dimming real fast...and very soon, there will be darkness....
I agree China must fulfil its obligations of achieving its set targets, you watch, now China has invested a lot of time, human resources and financial investments to aim at reaching the set target, You then ask the important question what has the US done esp. during the Trump's 4 years in office NOT MUCH. The US must spend more time and human resources on solving its own problem rather than interfering in other people problems. Spend less time being the world's policeman. All the problems you are experiencing are stress-tested in within your country, there is a possibility it will IMPLODE internally if continue to overlook them. Democracy needs major reforms and not just cosmetic ones. Worse still the current crop of US politicians are Incapable of performing their job competently esp, tasks from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. I can write more stuff it is adequate for time being.
At around 30:45 Prof Fukuyama talked about the importance of "human agency", I think social science and social theory, in general, is not like natural science or hard science, in which the theory itself will not intervene the nature. We understand gravity, but the theory itself will not undo gravity or the interrelationship between the particles. Hard science is about prediction. In contrast, I would prefer to call Prof Fukuyama's theory a self-fulfilling one, just like many other social science and theories. They are actively influencing the subject itself. If people THINK and BELIEVE liberal democracy will win, just like why Prof Fukuyama emphasized the "human agency", people will actively try to create the corresponding system. I think there are still some good observations from "the ends of history", that people could not think of any alternatively good "abstract" value other than "liberal democracy", from a Hegelian perspective. Some of the results could be owed to mass eduaction (self-fulfilling). For good or for worse, I think the time is just too short for a human being to tell.
The "behavior" of China on Climate Change is innovations and rapid adoption of clean energy technology, and despite its industrialization, lower per capita CO2 emissions than the USA. India is now jump-starting it's clean energy sector as well. No doubt what developing countries do matters greatly, but I don't understand Fukuyama giving a pass to wealthy developed countries. If small countries such as Norway can do it, why not larger countries? My 14 y/o daughter challenges his wisdom here.
Not only he gives a pass to wealthy countries about climate change but he's unable to comprehend the comment from the interviewer about americans living in a house of glass. By that, you have jan 6 assault on the capitol showing the chinese student why the US is a place to flee instead of admire. The Blm movement also showed the uneven treatment of black minorities by cops made famous by George Floyd. Then you have the asian attacks which also took the lives of a few asians showing the chinese clearly about the danger of living in Murica. He never address the breakdown of the fabric of society in plain view while complaining about the assertiveness of Russia and China who actually can just sit back with a Murica in decline.
The great Prof has aged so much....and he is very subdued. Deep in his heart he must be feeling very sad because the shining city on the hill is dimming real fast...and very soon, there will be darkness....
I agree China must fulfil its obligations of achieving its set targets, you watch, now China has invested a lot of time, human resources and financial investments to aim at reaching the set target, You then ask the important question what has the US done esp. during the Trump's 4 years in office NOT MUCH.
The US must spend more time and human resources on solving its own problem rather than interfering in other people problems. Spend less time being the world's policeman. All the problems you are experiencing are stress-tested in within your country, there is a possibility it will IMPLODE internally if continue to overlook them.
Democracy needs major reforms and not just cosmetic ones.
Worse still the current crop of US politicians are Incapable of performing their job competently esp, tasks from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.
I can write more stuff it is adequate for time being.
At around 30:45 Prof Fukuyama talked about the importance of "human agency", I think social science and social theory, in general, is not like natural science or hard science, in which the theory itself will not intervene the nature. We understand gravity, but the theory itself will not undo gravity or the interrelationship between the particles. Hard science is about prediction. In contrast, I would prefer to call Prof Fukuyama's theory a self-fulfilling one, just like many other social science and theories. They are actively influencing the subject itself. If people THINK and BELIEVE liberal democracy will win, just like why Prof Fukuyama emphasized the "human agency", people will actively try to create the corresponding system.
I think there are still some good observations from "the ends of history", that people could not think of any alternatively good "abstract" value other than "liberal democracy", from a Hegelian perspective. Some of the results could be owed to mass eduaction (self-fulfilling). For good or for worse, I think the time is just too short for a human being to tell.
The "behavior" of China on Climate Change is innovations and rapid adoption of clean energy technology, and despite its industrialization, lower per capita CO2 emissions than the USA. India is now jump-starting it's clean energy sector as well. No doubt what developing countries do matters greatly, but I don't understand Fukuyama giving a pass to wealthy developed countries. If small countries such as Norway can do it, why not larger countries? My 14 y/o daughter challenges his wisdom here.
Not only he gives a pass to wealthy countries about climate change but he's unable to comprehend the comment from the interviewer about americans living in a house of glass. By that, you have jan 6 assault on the capitol showing the chinese student why the US is a place to flee instead of admire. The Blm movement also showed the uneven treatment of black minorities by cops made famous by George Floyd. Then you have the asian attacks which also took the lives of a few asians showing the chinese clearly about the danger of living in Murica. He never address the breakdown of the fabric of society in plain view while complaining about the assertiveness of Russia and China who actually can just sit back with a Murica in decline.
"Democracies verses Tyrannies". WTF?