tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post6983571664191768667..comments2023-09-23T11:16:00.352+02:00Comments on The Franco-American Flophouse has moved: The History of the World in 2 MinutesVictoria FERAUGEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-39860148379592875072013-12-20T15:01:50.055+01:002013-12-20T15:01:50.055+01:00Yes, you're right. :-)Yes, you're right. :-)Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-88405993853131668632013-12-18T03:24:37.126+01:002013-12-18T03:24:37.126+01:00Pretty cool, but, of course, if it was true to the...Pretty cool, but, of course, if it was true to the time frame of "the World" any human activity would take up maybe less than a second of the brief video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-87310780335262368952013-12-14T18:05:26.283+01:002013-12-14T18:05:26.283+01:00Glad you enjoyed it, Gilbert. I see what you mean...Glad you enjoyed it, Gilbert. I see what you mean about Pinker's thesis. I have a hard time with it sometimes because I so desperately want it to be true....Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-67935603154996758122013-12-14T15:50:52.126+01:002013-12-14T15:50:52.126+01:00Wonderful. Thank you! Slightly Western- and US-cen...Wonderful. Thank you! Slightly Western- and US-centric towards the end, but that is excusable certainly, after all it's made in US and in part about the US. It's moving, beautiful, and, yes, it puts us all in perspective. By the way, I think Pinker's thesis is fragile. Peace, relative peace, depends on underlying equilibria - the balance of power or dominance of one power - and on prosperity or the hope of prosperity. Those two conditions are crumbling.Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968432544465212986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-25407737167072562332013-12-14T07:49:14.814+01:002013-12-14T07:49:14.814+01:00Good point, ellen, and that's weird because Pi...Good point, ellen, and that's weird because Pinker says we are getting less violent as a species, not more.Victoria FERAUGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16319699673885400472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424131704277823220.post-26979227989609913502013-12-13T10:45:14.730+01:002013-12-13T10:45:14.730+01:00My immediate reaction is that the clip shows war a...My immediate reaction is that the clip shows war and strife in the most recent period. So, I guess that means, that in the long run, they will be forgotten, as have been past wars, the black plague. In the end, we only remember the good stuff.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.com