21 August
what will we think about
You were asked to think about these issues
- Consider especially the last line in the Gombrich chapter. Do we know enough of what people have done before to be able to make decisions about what they might do in the future?
- How much do we understand ourselves and the role of information in our societies, our cultures, our nations?
- Is our perspective of "the other" up to date, or do we still hold an outdated view of the world?
- Where do we get our information about "the other"? Can we trust our sources? Is the "Economist" article to be believed?
Let's start off by taking a little test
And then discussing the stats presented.
- When was this presentation given? Do we think much has changed since then?
- Did anything come as a surprise to us?
- How do we perceive the "lesser developed world"?
an idea for the day
The Chinese Idea of Self-Strengthening
From Fernández-Armesto, F. (2003). Ideas that changed the world . New York, N.Y: Dorling Kindersley.