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Indeed, what is at work in the recent return of realism is the revenge of geography in the most old-fashioned sense. In the 18th and 19th centuries, before the arrival of political science as an academic specialty, geography was an honored, if not always formalized, discipline in which politics, culture, and economics were often conceived of in reference to the relief map. Thus, in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, mountains and the men who grow out of them were the first order of reality; ideas, however uplifting, were only the second.
And yet, to embrace geography is not to accept it as an implacable force against which humankind is powerless. Rather, it serves to qualify human freedom and choice with a modest acceptance of fate. This is all the more important today, because rather than eliminating the relevance of geography, globalization is reinforcing it. Mass communications and economic integration are weakening many states, exposing a Hobbesian world of small, fractious regions. Within them, local, ethnic, and religious sources of identity are reasserting themselves, and because they are anchored to specific terrains, they are best explained by reference to geography. Like the faults that determine earthquakes, the political future will be defined by conflict and instability with a similar geographic logic. The upheaval spawned by the ongoing economic crisis is increasing the relevance of geography even further, by weakening social orders and other creations of humankind, leaving the natural frontiers of the globe as the only restraint.
So we, too, need to return to the map, and particularly to what I call the “shatter zones” of Eurasia. We need to reclaim those thinkers who knew the landscape best. And we need to update their theories for the revenge of geography in our time.
Here is the link for the whole write up.

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My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than other factors. Quite obviously, power will continue to play a central role in global politics, as it always does. But usually there is something else behind conflicts. In the 18th century in Europe, the issues to a large extent involved questions of monarchy versus the emerging republican movements, first in America and then in France. In the 19th century, it involved states identifying themselves through nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution. We had fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well, that’s pretty much over. Liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice. So the question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades? My argument remains that cultural identities, antagonisms and affiliations will not only play a role, but play a major role in relations between states. The full interview is here.

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Every citizen in the City of Richardson will be able to access 756 Kbps of internet connectivity for free, from anywhere in the city. They will be able to access the internet from their homes, schools, restaurants and parks using standard wi-fi connections which are now installed on almost every notebook computer. That is almost as fast as many so-called high speed broadband connections that one pays dearly for today, and several times faster than the various hotspots at your local coffee shops. And I should note that the tax-payers of the City of Richardson are not paying one penny for this, and in fact are going to see additional revenues as a benefit. ... At the beginning of this letter, I suggested that this would be one of the fastest worldwide rollouts of a technology ever seen. It was just 20 years ago that the first cellular systems were being built. The rollout for mesh wireless systems is going to make that look slow. There are several reasons I make this assertion. But they all center on the facts that installing mesh systems will be cheaper and easier than any previous system and the economics in both the developed and especially the developing world will be so radically compelling. Throw in the fact the any astute politician will want to be at the front of this parade (They will all want to say, "I was the man who helped bring free internet to everyone!") and the groundwork is laid for rapid deployment. In Richardson and elsewhere, MeshLinx is offering the basic infrastructure for free. This avoids all the time consuming, political budget battles in the cities. When a service is offered for free, much of the mandated competitive process is eliminated. Next is the low cost of installation of the system. As noted above, Richardson is a city of roughly 100,000 people living in 27.4 square miles. It will "only" cost about $2,000,000 today to lay the wireless blanket I mentioned above. It will cost a great deal less in the future, as MeshLinx is building the pods at a pace of 100 a month today. The maximum output of the US pilot assembly line is 500 a month. When the demand exceeds this (and it will in a very short time) discussions have been held to move volume production to China. Of course, the world will need tens of millions of pods. The cost for a pod will be a fraction of today's cost, with that installation number for a city like Richardson soon being half (or less) the cost of today. What does that $1 or 2 million get you? The infrastructure to be an internet connection, telephone, security, entertainment provider and a whole lot more company. As noted, it will get cheaper as the number of pods being made each month rises, thus lowering their costs dramatically. This technology does have scale. The cost of physically putting up a pod is not a large part of the equation, as you simply need to run a power line, attach a few bolts to a mount on the side of a building or light pole and then off to the next point. Think about the 40,000 homes and businesses in Richardson. If and (hopefully) over time when 10% decide to pay $50 a month for 10-20 Mbps high speed internet access you could see a revenue of $2.5 million a year just from internet access. Now add in all the other income possibilities (phone, entertainment, security and don't forget advertising revenue on the free service!). Think about your town or country. What would service like this be worth? If you are a small city that does not have high speed connections available, how many businesses that could bring jobs do not come your way because they need reliable communications for their work and their employees? If you are in a developing country, where internet access is difficult and expensive, it will open whole new vistas. Couple that with the various programs which want to give cheap laptops to kids in poor countries, and you could see significant social progress in a generation. Here is the link.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Nongmaijing chingoirol : : Nongpok Leihouching.

A) Literal sense

Description of Nongmaijing hill ranges--the hill ranges situate on the Eastern side and it is the place where civilization begins.

B) Prophetic sense,

A time will come when the Nongmaijing is encircled or being laid siege upon it.

When that happens,the following two things will come about.

1) Nongpok is Nong + Pok

(a) 'Na' is ear.

(b) 'No' is ear in an enclosed space or a specific or individualized ear.

(d) The essence of sound,specific or otherwise,is wave.

(e) So,'No' denotes wave.

(f) As was discussed in the serial '3' of my post "Meitrabak and Kangleipak",dated 25th June 2020,'Nong' becomes either living waves or a number of waves or multiple waves.

(g) The common usages are "Nomba" Which denotes doing an act which is likely to produce waves.Here,the 'M' is used to denote 'matter',which,in turn,signifies some sort of 'materialization' of waves.The other term is "nokpa' which is something that creates waves on the face.The use of 'K' is explained below.(The term 'Nong',meaning 'rain' or 'rainfall',thus implying 'sky',comes forth when analyzed from the angle of 'Na' being an appendage).

2) Pok

(a) 'Pa' is eyelash.

(b) 'po' is 'pa' in an enclosed space or individualized eyelash,meaning group of eyelash ocurring on an eyelid.

Here,we need to go to my monograph.In it,I am successful in illustrating,with the a help of a diagram,how making an oscillation happened inside an enclosed space ie 'Ko' is 'head' or 'Kok'.It is difficult to reproduce that portion here in this blog.Please stay tuned for my monograph.

While writing that portion in my monograph,I became scared of being sounding like a chauvinist when I deducted that oscillation in an enclosed space might denote '0' and '1'.In other words,that oscillation may be deducted to denote the 'On' and 'Off' state.This startling deduction surely points to the number crunching apparatus--"kok'.

From that deduction,'Pok' is making the 'Po' oscillate.

3) Lei + Hou + ching.

(a) 'Lei' is tongue,which denotes the act of making utterances intelligible--in other words,the intelligence itself.It can also denote the epitome of the act of expansion.

(b) As was discussed in my next to last post,'Hou' denotes the prime candidate for designing the winning strategy(last and next to last posts).

Now,let's go the prophesy itself.

(4) In its bare minimum state,it states--

--When the Nongmaijing is being encircled,there would emerge a group of candidates who are capable of designing a winning strategy and upon its very emergence,they would face a situation which is characterized by waves and oscillation,

5) Continuing the discussion on 'Pok',its function is to protect the eyeball by intercepting the incoming dirt by making the eyelash oscillate.Reading this together with 'Nong',we can visualize a situation where we time this oscillation with those oscillations of the waves.

In other words,oscillating the 'Pa' is suspended when we are at trough of the wave and escalate it when we are at the crest.

This would mean three things--timing,accuracy and patience.

So,the emerging candidates would face a situation which requires patience,timely response and being accurate.

6) To be successful in intercepting the incoming target,one needs to constantly suveil their area of operation,just like a radar does.

From this angle,the situation also requires being vigilant at all hours.

7) The waves,in themselves, are constant in their positions but they can carry messages across distances.Just like a wave does,the candidates must remain constant in their places but be able to send out effective messages across the length and breadth of the land.In other words,they should avoid limelight but remain in constant touch with the heartbeats of the common people and also should be able to send effective messages to them.

8) Like those oscillation of the 'Po',the candidates should be able to live in a condition of constant oscillation.

9) Elsewhere in my monograph,I'm also successful in illustrating,with the help of a diagram,that in our scheme of oscillation,the number 6 is closely involved.

To feel the importance of the number 6, we can discuss some of our present practices.

--In every ritual,we arrange all the ingredients in sevens.This is an elegant way of saying that all rituals are waste in time and effort and resource.

--In the same vein,when we say 7 salais, it is diplomatically hinted that all the Salais need to be abolished to bring about unity of the Meiteis.

In the above context,I have this gut feeling that 'Nongpok Leihouching' is also closely connected with the number 6.

I'm not fully satisfied with today's decoding of the prophesy--this is a work in progress stuff.

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