Galactic Museum: Think the unthinkableを読んで
Laurence Taubさんについて触れたブログを見るのは楽しい。
確かにアジア内でテンションが高まりとても欧州のように統合を考えることができないような状況だからこそ、彼のアイディアには魅力があるのかもしれない。でも、将来って見通せないからこそ面白いんだよね。
It's disturbing to watch the tension building up between Japan and China; Japan and Korea; as well China mainland and Taiwan. Their path forward depends on whether their leaders and citizens are wise enough to come to terms with history, visionary enough not to let their past eat up their future, and brave enough to embrace their old foes. Their destiny is in their hands whether they will rise to the call of history to invent peace and prosperity. Will it be an "age of wisdom" or "foolishness"? The "season of Light" or "season of Darkness"? The "spring of hope" or "winter of despair"? Is East Asia "going direct to Heaven" or "the other way"?
The Europeans have set a modern model for the invention of peace through "The United States of Europe" (T.R. Reid). Will the East Asians stand up and prove rival to their European neighbours on wisdom, vision, and braveness? It was unthinkable for most Europeans to vision a united Europe half century ago. Will this miracle manifest again in the East? Here's an excellent article telling you the hope of the unthinkable is on the horizon...
