Status Updates From The FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES:...

“China's story raises the specter of the end of progress, the death of dynamism even in its limited, technological form. Social, economic, scientific, and cultural vitality-and the accumulation and transmission of knowledge-are not conditions we can take for granted. They are fragile and often fleeting, vulnerable to both attacks and neglect. They require the right environment.”

“A dynamic future tolerates diversity, evolves through trial and error, and contains a rich ecology of human choices. Dynamists are the party of life.”

Written 27 years ago - and timely as ever.