World Since 1920
Existential Does Not Touch Us
Sci-fi visions of a
- pandemic
- nuclear apocalypse
- climate apocalypse
- ai and robotic warlords
- the rise of a fascist leader, and
- the end of truth and trust
are so massive and abstract that they do not alarm us or cause any sense of urgency in the microsphere our daily lives.
The coronavirus pandemic should be a lesson learned that these
- existential threats can sneak up and strike us in a most sudden, destructive and real way, and
- Existential threats must be faced together in a united global effort, not by the failed notion of unilaterally Making America Great Again.
Is protecting humanity’s future from existential risks the central challenge of our time?
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Intl. Movements, Diplomacy, War Since 1920
- Period between World Wars 1920-39
- World War II, 1939-1945
- International Relations
- Economic developments from 1940
- World Economic Forum (Davos)
Europe Since 1920
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Soviet Union > Russia
- Ukraine
- Belarus
- Transcaucasia: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia
- Central Europe
Canada Since 1920
Latin-American & Caribbean Nations
East Asia in the 20th century
- China since 1912
- Japan since 1910
- Korea since 1910
- North Korea
- South Korea
S. & S.E. Asia since 1920
- India:
- love story: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- quirky romance: Photograph
- Pakistan
- blasphemy: rule by the muslim mob
- Bangladesh
- Ceylon
- Tibet
- Nepal
- Mainland Southeast Asia
- Indonesia
- Philippines
Australia and Oceania Since 1920
Southwest Asia and Africa since 1920
- Turkey
- Cyprus
- Arab states
- Israel
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Central Asia
- North Africa
- European colonial system & nationalist movements in Sub-Saharan Africa