Inevitable decline isn't inevitable
Terrific article in today’s O'Reilly Media Next Economy Newsletter (www.oreilly.com). Reflecting on the writings of historian Timothy Snyder (www.timothysnyder.org). “Snyder argues that different understandings of the past—the myths, histories, and memories that blend into a story we tell ourselves about our world—create different politics (policies) that both define us and keep us from examining other perspectives… We’re also confined by our own Western mythos—"a sense that