Towards the end of the year, reviews start to appear about the the year gone by, what had happened, and its significance.
In a month's time, the first decade of the new millenium comes to an end: Here's an interesting analysis of some of the trends which the decade saw. It has, given its source, a bit of Irish emphasis, but I find the major lines of thought interesting. The following paragraph sums it up well: " ... For those of us who have to live with the pain of the fall that followed all this delusional pride, it is little consolation that future historians will probably regard it as a salutary shock. They will say that the illusion of American hyper-power was in fact dangerous and destabilising, that the vast power of an uncontrollable global financial system was a threat to democracy and to real economies, that the oil was running out, that endless consumption was going to destroy the world and that the emergence of a multi-polar global system was a good thing. They will see the Noughties as a period of messy transitions in which clapped-out assumptions kicked and screamed while the world dragged itself agonisingly towards a more sustainable future..." http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1128/1224259593278.html Francis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
