I hope everything works out in Egypt, I do not understand what percipitated the revolution so unexpectedly there, but I do share the joy of the people and fear that it could get out of control and all come to naught. Doesn't Tahrir Sqaure resemble Tian An Men Square 20 years ago? George Orwell's Animal Farm, published in 1945, ought to be requird reading for every revolutionary, perhaps? Or the ancient civilizations from that region really know better than the newfangle cultures of Asian and Europe?
Maybe the Indians are right, we are merely reapeating what happened in the past. This is just another avatar of something happened a thousand times before. There were uprisings and tyrants for as long as we can remember, and there is no signs that it is going to stop in the future. Worse, what you discuss so passionately with your philosopher friends was likely better covered by Socrates and Plato 2,000 years ago for the Nth times in human history. 100,000 years from now, nobody will remember Hitler or Obama, the only thing our decendents will remeber us by is our technology! Our existence is distilled to our technologies, the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, etc.
What is our epoch is going to be known for? Written language is a big deal, maybe the numbers and similar abstractions? Changing ourselves via DNA manipulation? Escape from the Solar System? I'm sure it'll be something totally surprising, let's hope it's not going to be the Age We Got Stuck.
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