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Listening to Words aggregates links to online lectures. It is a good idea and an interesting implementation.
Browsing the site, I found an interesting video lecture by Thomas Barnett, an author and strategic planner.
Here are a couple paraphrases from his talk:
“After New Orleans, the people in Baghdad said ‘Oh, now I get it.’”
In reference to the volatile relationship between the US and China:
The Arch-Duke Ferdinand lives in Taiwan.
Of course, the entire lecture isn’t one-liners. I’d summarize the talk as ideas for improving the response after armed conflict and shifting foreign policy to adapt to globalization. Many of the ideas apply to natural and economic disasters as well. He builds on Thomas Friedman’s notion of the flat world. The talk runs an hour. The video presentation of the slides and lecturer wasn’t great, but the talk is quite good.
links & politics posted by: dan @ 11 Apr 2007 20:54