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Assoc. Prof, University of Plymouth, researching cooperation, norms, ethical behaviour, and cultural learning across the world. Sci-fi & fantasy. Board games. Martial arts. Pen name: P. K. Hoffmann.
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Sometimes you have to buy a book by its cover...
Book cover of the book " with love from the morisaki bookshop" by satoshi yagisawa
January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Timothy Snyder, "The Berlin Wall did not fall"
When we imagine the Berlin Wall falling, as we will be summoned to do today, we are instructed that freedom is something that just happens. The wall was up. Bad. And then it fell. Good. We think of freedom like that because it removes the responsibility from us. And that is the wrong lesson, wrong historically and so wrong politically and morally. Thirty five years ago today, the Berlin Wall did not fall. Thirty five years ago today, some people made history, amidst other people making history, thanks to some prior cooperation, and some good thinking about what freedom means. We cannot change the world all at once. But we can change the way we think. We can clear away the clichés and make ourselves more lively. We can work together and then, when other things are in motion, be ready to turn the change in the right direction.
November 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM