It's a long read, but worth the commentary, IMO. I really don't even know how to preface it other than to say give the article time to develop (At times, I thought he was looking at the glass half-empty but he always seemed to come back and finish on an optimistic note)
Having studied Poli-Sci for 5 years now, (+/- 500 academic papers/articles, etc.) this one easily ranks in my top 5. I'll pick the book up (article is an excerpt) and post a follow-up.
As far as eGrizolitics-worthy tidbits; how about the section on the engineering, Ph.D disparities or the part dealing with prospering Middle East economies? There's at least a dozen topics in here that are worthy of a debate.
Closing Thought: I cannot imagine how badly China wants to compete/beat (overall medals) with Team USA this summer...
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I must’ve missed where Newsweek admitted that American Exceptionalism ever existed.
We should all hang our heads in shame that America is no longer home to the World’s Largest Ferris Wheel….looks like the party is over...
We still have the world’s largest ball of twine.
Yep,…mission accomplished according to Zareed and Newsweak.
Oh and BTW... Is this another Muslim writing for Newsweak?...they ran that faux Koran flush story. Trashing America is their daily bread.
The era of Newsweek is over.
I must’ve missed where Newsweek admitted that American Exceptionalism ever existed.
We should all hang our heads in shame that America is no longer home to the World’s Largest Ferris Wheel….looks like the party is over...
We still have the world’s largest ball of twine.
Yep,…mission accomplished according to Zareed and Newsweak.
Oh and BTW... Is this another Muslim writing for Newsweak?...they ran that faux Koran flush story. Trashing America is their daily bread.
The era of Newsweek is over.
Bronco: Did you really just copy little bits from this thread? It sure looks that way (verbatim):
I must’ve missed where Newsweek admitted that American Exceptionalism ever existed.
We should all hang our heads in shame that America is no longer home to the World’s Largest Ferris Wheel….looks like the party is over...
We still have the world’s largest ball of twine.
Yep,…mission accomplished according to Zareed and Newsweak.
Oh and BTW... Is this another Muslim writing for Newsweak?...they ran that faux Koran flush story. Trashing America is their daily bread.
The era of Newsweek is over.
Bronco: Did you really just copy little bits from this thread? It sure looks that way (verbatim):
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Pretty good article that sort of sums up some of the issues that we are facing right now.
I thought he leaned a little heavily on the impacts of the social a little heavy. I agree that the US may be lagging a bit in putting out movies or music that the rest of the world will follow, but I am skeptical as to how much that will impact us. And maybe Hollywoods impact is lessened, but that might not be so bad for America in general. I'd argue that it might be damn good for America if we got a little culture from other areas.
I liked what he did on his economics analysis, but he did ignore some very important factors in the world economy. He seemed to talk quite a bit about technology and engineering and such, but he didn't address much about manufacturing, agriculture, or extraction. Its true that the world is becoming more and more technological and the biggest growth will be in that realm. But we still all have to eat. So while the US is lagging in manufacturing, and maybe in extraction, we are still doing well in technology and agriculture. And maybe being light on extraction right now is like investing. Our large coal reserves aren't disappearing just because we aren't digging everything right now. And if (when) the world gets to the point that fresh water is a more valuable resource, the US is great in that regard as well (the Great Lakes hold 20% of the world's fresh water).
So as an upshot, the article does a good job of pointing out some of the benefits of the direction world is heading and the US's place in that world. Thanks for the post.
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Thanks, Sportin' Life (for the shout-out but more so the commentary)...good insight on the H20. I found myself in a glass-half-full mindset at the conclusion partly because I thought a lot of the closing gaps signified we were doing an Ok job at the free-market side of capitalism (don't read too much into that statement, I know it can [and has] gone both ways). I'm perfectly Ok with growing African economies, even if it means I have to shell out more for rice, wheat and other staple commodities at the grocery store.
Two additional thoughts:
1.) One of the bloggers on Newsweek made the humorous comment that if we incorporated the porn industry into Hollywood, our "film industry" would dwarf India's.
2.) Completely random but I just found out (after taking a friend's technical writing grammar quiz) that it should be spelled 'Ok' not 'Okay' or 'O.k."...hope everyone feels THAT much smarter (the quiz made me feel like an idiot and I've spent that past half decade writing papers)
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