tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post6209998172873851635..comments2024-02-15T01:28:58.431-08:00Comments on The Coming Prosperity: The Inevitability of Human FreedomPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672584102059164653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post-10053818526642073232011-02-02T04:20:11.980-08:002011-02-02T04:20:11.980-08:00Very good points, with which I mostly agree.
I do...Very good points, with which I mostly agree.<br /><br />I do think that (historically speaking) authoritarian systems contain within them the seeds of their own undoing, and open societies are more resilient than closed ones. But as someone whose work (including just about every other post on this blog) is about entrepreneurship, I'm certainly not going to disagree with you if you say that individual agency matters! <br /><br />What I'm trying to emphasize here is that the unpredictability of the specifics of change should not provide an excuse for ignoring the predictability (if not outright inevitability) of change in its general form.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672584102059164653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051282878466274923.post-2950982194236566442011-02-01T21:10:39.792-08:002011-02-01T21:10:39.792-08:00I find the use of the word "inevitable" ...I find the use of the word "inevitable" curious especially when applied to Egypt in particular. This is a civilization that has existed for 7000 years without achieving freedom. And we still do not know what the outcome of the current situation will be. <br /><br />If the pots may not boil over for 7000 years then inevitability is not a useful concept. For that matter, if the pots won't boil over for 30 years, that's long enough for most dictators to take the deal happily. <br /><br />While celebrating what is happening in Egypt and the apparent turn in US policy--though I'm also waiting for more evidence on that point--I feel compelled to point out that human oppression is far more inevitable, based on the evidence, than human freedom. Or in more eloquent words, all that is required for oppression to flourish and freedom to wilt is for good people to do nothing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204215953171936470noreply@blogger.com