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Just finished “The End of History and the Last Man” by Francis Fukuyama. One of the most impressive books I’ve ever read, for its clear writing, philosophical rigor, and broad prescience. Fukuyama doesn’t get everything right, but he gets damn close. Any recommendations for similar books?
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Have you read other books by Fukuyama? I really didn't care for it (nor did many others - a friend jokingly called it "the end of writing") his 2-book series on political order and decay, OTOH, is a masterpiece
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Canonically, you should follow with its polar opposite, Samuel Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations”. And then realize that they are perhaps not as opposed as they look: https://www.noemamag.com/the-clash-of-civilizations-is-the-politics-of-the-end-of-history/
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Robert Gilpin, War & Change in World Politics
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Fukuyama has a book about post humanism where he apparently says, wait it's actually not the end of history. I haven't read it yet but thought you might be interested
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@dantehrani.eth turned me on to fukuyama and probs has other suggestions
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Well. You might want to read Foucault's lectures on neoliberalism as an antidote, or confirmation, depending on how you read it. Excellent analysis of the post cold war situation anyway. Here's good edition: Michel Foucault. 2008. "The Birth of Biopolitics". Translated by Graham Burchell. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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I found The Culture of Narcissism to be similarly broad in scope and scary in prescience.
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Pair it with The Decadent Society by Ross Douthat if you want the opposite perspective
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This is why I follow you, Yuga! Made my morning.
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I was also impressed with this one. I was particularly struck by the argument that democracy is the end state system since authoritarian states hold sham elections.
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""This concept is incredibly thought-provoking and well-explained.""
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Some chomsky ? Otherwise try Black Holes by Arnon Grünberg. It comes with loads of pictures 🙂
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great book
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Kissinger - World Order
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check. we gotta 10 $degen
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I've been thinking a lot about this book a lot lately myself - read it in those heady days - and how it relates to PoS as an engine or lens to process data, drive productivity, and escape saecula
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How about “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Kuhn?
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You may have already read it, but what about “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”? I haven't actually read either of these books, but from what I've heard of the outline, they are of a similar genre. In other words, they are about the history of humanity and what will happen in the future.
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