あけましておめでとうございます。昨日のラグビー大学選手権準決勝は大いに楽しめました。特に早稲田と京都産業大学との試合はシーソーゲームの大接戦で良かったです。帝京と筑波の試合は最初に筑波が点を取りましたが、後は帝京が圧倒的に強く、帝京のフォワードがあれだけ優位だと筑波は苦しかったですね。
さて、昨年読んだ本からの "fodder" が沢山貯まっているのでしばらくそこから話題を投稿します。
Yuval Noah Harariの "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" を読んでいます。
Lesson 11 (War)から引用します。 今日取り上げるのは単語でも慣用句でもありません。
Alas, even if wars remain an unprofitable business in the twenty-first century, that would not give us an absolute guarantee of peace. We should never underestimate human stupidity. Both on the personal and on the collective level, humans are prone to engage in self-destructive activities.
In 1939 war was probably a conterproductive move for the Axis powers - yet it did not save the world. One of the astounding things about the Second World War is that following the war the defeated powers prospered as never before. Twenty years after the complete annihilation of their armies and the utter collapse of their empires, German, Italians and Japanese were enjoying unprecedented levels of affluence.
歴史から反省すべき事は多いはずですが、政治家、そして政治家を選ぶ選挙民も本当には反省していないと思わざるを得ません。
さて、昨年読んだ本からの "fodder" が沢山貯まっているのでしばらくそこから話題を投稿します。
Yuval Noah Harariの "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" を読んでいます。
Lesson 11 (War)から引用します。 今日取り上げるのは単語でも慣用句でもありません。
Alas, even if wars remain an unprofitable business in the twenty-first century, that would not give us an absolute guarantee of peace. We should never underestimate human stupidity. Both on the personal and on the collective level, humans are prone to engage in self-destructive activities.
In 1939 war was probably a conterproductive move for the Axis powers - yet it did not save the world. One of the astounding things about the Second World War is that following the war the defeated powers prospered as never before. Twenty years after the complete annihilation of their armies and the utter collapse of their empires, German, Italians and Japanese were enjoying unprecedented levels of affluence.
歴史から反省すべき事は多いはずですが、政治家、そして政治家を選ぶ選挙民も本当には反省していないと思わざるを得ません。
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