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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.

Saturday, August 07, 2021

TALA-NGA-SUNG

In all the posts discussing our language,the novel theory that shows up by itself is the talk of putting our alphabets in different quadrants of the Cartesian co-ordinates.It seems to me that the very novel theory is the basic and identifying characteristic of our language.

In the above context,it is appropriate to call our language 'TALA-NGA-SUNG',provided we keep 'Un','E' and 'Atiya' out from the list.

Our language seems to be an experiment that tries to decide what different sound might come out if we put the 15 alphabets on the 8 different faces('Sung') of 4 different quadrants.

For example,'Ch(a)' is nutrient,energy or motion according to different contexts.Accordingly,we have 'chaak','che','chin' etc when we start our discussion from the 'Ch(a)' quadrant.

But we calnalso start from 'Che' quadrant.If we do so,we find that 'Che' is paper.So,'Chei' must mean document(not the stick).It is certainly logical because we have the words like 'Cheiraap',which incidentally,means 'Leibaakki documentki institution'.Going further,'Cheiraoba' is the day from which the 'documentation' starts for the society as a whole [Chei-(LA)-Lo] and for the individual citizen [Chei-La-(LO)].With a little innovation,we can say that 'KEI-CHEI' is our term for 'constitution'.

For my part,the journey of trying to understand this novel idea gets its impetus from the discussion of the four terms:

a) AMASUNG

b) AMADI

c) SUNGTAI

d) PAKHANGBA PAAPHAL.

a) In the post entitled,'Continuously creating Angoms and the conceptual underpinning enabling the process',we get a new idea in hand by discussing 'Ahum'.in which,we let 'Hu' decide the relationship between 'A' and 'M(a)'.We are going to deploy the same step here to understand what 'Amasung' means.But before going further,we need to find out what 'Sung' is.For this we need to go to 'Sungtai' from 'Maikei mari sungtai nipaan'.To make our road easier to negotiate,we should start from 'Yentai',which we use in our kitchen everyday.

'Ya' is full of greens,throbbing with life.So,'Yen',in this context,is the 'green' which has been cut down.( For 'Yen',the chicken,the logic goes like this--in 'Ya',an all the cases,primary colours gel into making a single one and that resulting colour adorn most of the animals.But,in case of 'Yen' the primary colours remain as they are).So,'Yensaang' is the 'cut green' whose parts has got life ie,edible.So,'Yentai'is the device which makes the fresh air circulation around the 'cut green' possible.So,'TAI',in this context,is 'air oscillation',meaning air circulation.

From this,we need to deduct that 'TAI' in 'Sungtai' should also mean some form of 'oscillation'.From our daily usage,we know that 'Masung' is a quarter ie,an individual quadrant.So,'Sung' must be the conceptual device that enables us to envision a 'Masung'.So,'Sungtai' is this 'conceptual device in an oscillated state..In my mind,it should mean the process (that is,the oscillated state) which enables us to see and touch the two faces of a 'Masung'.We have 4 nos of 'Masung' and,thus,we have 8 nos of faces.

Are these 8 faces which they call the 'Sungtai Nipaan'?

In modern parlance,'Sungtai' is the 3D version of a two dimensional object.

Going a little deeper it is logical to posit that a two dimensional state of 'Sung' must a 'dead' one because we decide that 'Su' has been endowed with life (that is,they can be seen and touched),forming the term,'Sung'.

From the above discussion,we get a diagram:

So,'Su' is the origin.

When this 'Su' is made to oscillate so that we can see and touch it,we get a 3D model of it.(In the case of 'Sungtai nipaan',we also find each of the eight faces in the 'middle' or the 'origin' of every consequent quarters).

Here,we need to research further to find out if our architects has given names to the eight 'Sungtais'

Now,we are in a position to continue the discussion on 'Amasung'.

AMASUNG(continued):In our context here,if we were to equate 'A' to mean 'Atiya',then the 0-90 degrees quadrant must be the space where the existential human activities take place.Thus,if the relationship of 'A' and 'Sung'('Su' in two dimensional model) is defined by 'M(a)',then the 'Wangbren' line must be Earth's surface.In a conceptual level,it should mean that all the living creature must stay grounded to this line.This line touches the face of the 'Mashung' forming the 0-90 degrees quadrant.

Going further,should we infer that it is in the face of this 'mashung' that Pakhangba's 'face' reside?The reason is that Pakhangbe is of this earth,according to our stories.If it is the case,then Pakhangba's 'tail' also must reside there,as the the 'face' should bite the 'tail'(depicted on Pakhangba Paaphals).

b) The relationship with 'A' and 'Ti' is defined by 'M(a)'.Here,in this context,'Ti' is the power that enables the 'pushing up' and the 'compressing down' by a male penis.

We are using 'amasung' and 'amadi' interchangably.So,we have the following:

Amasung = Amati.

From the above,we can get 2 deductions:

--In the anatomical sense,'Ti' should reside above 'Su' or 'Sung'.

--In the conceptual level,'Su' or 'Sung' can be 'pushed up' and 'compressed down'.

From the above discussion,we get the following diagrams(We are taking the alphabet producing the 'Y(a)' sound as our case study).

From the above diagram,it can be inferred that if the 'Y(a)' is 'pushed up' beyond the line of 45 degrees,it becomes 'Yi'.So,if 'Y(a)' is 'compressed down' below the line of 45 degrees,what it become?

Here,we arrive at the crucial point of our discussion.At this point of our discussion,we fail to re-connect with the logic developed by our architects in trying to answer the above question.

The next option we have in our hands is to look up to our common usage.The terms 'Ku',Lu','Chu' etc,all in their anatomical sense,seems to refer to something signifying 'below'.

So,in the above diagram,if the 'Y(a)' is 'compressed down' below the 45 degrees line,it becomes 'Yu'.Thus,we have a new diagram:

As the 'Pakhangba Paaphal' tells us that the 'face' must meet the 'tail',we have another 'Ya'(the 'Y(a)' which have already traveled towards the -x axis),in yet another diagram:

If we reach this point,we have only to find out the mirror images of 'Yi','Yu' and 'Ya' to complete the whole picture.we have the final diagram below:

In discussing the 'Y(a)' root,it is of utmost necessity to find out how 'Yennaba'(division) comes forth.As of now,it can only be explained in one specific condition.The condition--when 'Su' (origin) and 'Siyayo' (zero) overlap each other.To make the illustration easier,we start from 'Ayomba' or 'Yomsinba'.

Su = siyayo.

From the second diagram above,we infer that a 'Yi 'produces the 'father' who,in his turn,produces the 'kid'.But in the mirror image,the 'kid' 'attacks' the 'father' to produce the 'Yi'.

This is exactly what division means.

COROLLARY:In the post entitled,'Pena' we have already produced the following diagram.