On Aug 17, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, John Gulick wrote:
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>> Last time I checked Deng and Eisenhower were dead. The initial
>> premise was "living" political figure of utmost world-historical
>> significance.
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> You're quite right.
No he's not. The initial premise was that we were living in the
Gorbachev era:
"Thinking about history in the longue duree, I'm always amazed to
>> realize that I live in the same era as Gorbachev. For good or ill,
>> he's by far the most historically consequential individual alive."
As I wrote:
"He may be alive, but his era is long dead.
> Deng Xiaoping may be dead, but its *his* era we're living in now."
Shane Mage
"scientific discovery is basically recognition of obvious realities that self-interest or ideology have kept everybody from paying attention to"