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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.

Friday, August 06, 2021

Siyayo

This is 'lei-e'.It graphically represents a tongue with no activity.

This is 'e-lei'.It is tongue in action.

This one symbolizes a proper and an intelligent expression.We may call it 'e-lei-lei-e'.

These graphical representation constitute the numerical system of the 'Tillam'.

So,the numerical system of our 'Lairam' should start from 'Lim',which is the world of 'vibration'.(My post entitled 'Continuous creation of Angoms and the conceptual underpinning to enable the process').In our society,it is more than reasonable to bring in 'Pena' to represent anything connected with 'vibration'.To make the clearer,I am coming out with a separate post to be entitled,PENA.

The following is the graphical representation of 'Pena'.It must also be the first numeral of our 'Lairam'.

Then,two--

Three--

Four--

Five--

Six--

Seven--

Eight--

Nine--

At this point,we need to slow down a little.We have the pre-conceived idea of '10',which necessiates the deployment of the idea defined by zero.But our main task here is to throw away our pre-conceived ideas and instead,try to creep inside the mind of our architects and find out what might their stream of thought regarding this step be.

So,we are revisiting our Thaabal Leerol'.the second part says--

'Yaangken Sambal

Siyayo siyayo'.

As was already discussed in my two posts with 'Yaoshang','Yaangken' is 'e-lei' and 'Sambal','lei-e'.

1) So,we must search for 'siyayo' in 'e-lei-lei-e'.As we have already noted,'siyayo' represents a 'full and intelligent expression.Thus,'Siyayo' must locate itself at the spot where the transition of 'thought' to 'expression' happens.

To my mind,this perfectly logical.

2) Taking the cue from (1),it is reasonable to posit that 'Siyayo' must also station itself at the transition point between 'Tillam' and 'Lairam'.We have already discussed that the numeral 1 to 3 belong to 'Tillam' domain.So, the transition of 'Tillam' to 'Lairam' happens at the spot where the numeral '3' ends and '4' starts.

3) For 'lairam purpose,we must start with 'Lim'.Reckoning from 'Lim',the spot we are searching for is foundbetween 'Ngaam' and 'Ma-nga'.In its intrinsic value,'Ngaam' is negative and 'Ma-nga',positive.So,our architects say that 'Siyayo' is to be found between the 'negative' and the 'positive'.

This perfectly agrees with our pre-conceived idea of zero.

4) Now,let's try to find our 'Siyayo' from the precept 'Thawai ma-nga meega thana taruk'.

We need to go to our alphabets.

Next,let' choose six alphabets(in their original order) which would be best suited to represent the 'thawai ma-nga and mee'.

Let's draw a line connecting the first five elements.

Then,another one,connecting all the six elements.

Finally,let's arrange a 'meeting' of these lines.

This is two straight lines joining together to make enable piggy-backing a circle.

We can also see two numbers of 'Yaangken' and 'sambal'.

5) Continuing with our main discussion,what should be he graphical representation of our 'Tala'? Should it be like the following?

For finding this answer,we need to visit our 'Thaabal Leerol' for the second time:

'Yaangken Sambal

Siyayo siyayo'.

At the first glance,we notice that the term 'siyayo' is repeated.And,it is quite resonable to think that they are doing it for 'rhyming' purpose.

Is there another lausible reason for the repeat mention of 'Siyayo'?

It might be a riddle pointing towards a 'cue'.To my mind,the 'cue' is directing us to study more minutely the 'second' object.Of course,the second is 'Sambal'.

a) In our daily usage,'Sambal' is fence,which needs to stand erect('lei-e') to serve its purpose.

b) 'S(a)' is something situated in the 'middle'.So,'Sam' is a group of things in the middle.'P(a)' is the protective force,which,together with 'L(a) becomes the 'expanse' of the 'protective' force.This force protects the group og things in the middle.This is quite logical.

c) Now,let's come to our final context.Here,'Sam' becomes the face or the identity of 'S(a)'.And,'Pal' becomes the institutionalized or established knowledge.To know 'Sam' we have to take the help of this kind knowledge.

If we look at the 18th diagram above with the eyes of an 'institutionalized or established knowledge',it takes the following form:

This is two lines forming x and -x axis and at the same piggybacking a circle.Now,let's add the y-axis.

So,the y-axis passes at the centre of the circle but the x-axis and -x-axis do not.This only means that our circle is not the origin.A circular object which DOES not mark down the origin but,at whose centre, the y-axis passes through--what is that?

Definitely,zero.

So,our 'Thaabal Leerol' says that the following depicts our 'Tala'.

POSTSCRIPT

I was so busy drawing diagrams that I had failed to explain the logical steps in developing the numerals.

1. It is derived from the graphical representation of Pena.The reason is that the world of vibration('Lim') can be represented by Pena.

2. World of no vibration.The graphical representation is a 'dead' Pena.

3. If we flip the graphical representation of Pena vertically,it will become 'unstable'('Ngam').

4. We 'stabilize' (3).

5. This graphical idea is that it represents the 'pulled' 'Pa' from x-axis towards the -x-axis(trying to convey the message that 'K(a)' ie the 'positive' travels towards 'T(a)',the 'negative')

6. It is the mirror image of (5).

7. It is the graphical representation of 'P(a).

8. Here,we 'stabilize' (7).

9. The graphics here tries to portray the journey of a point from near the origin towards the x-axis(courtesy of Pena graphics).

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