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James Hogg
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So much of this is riddled with faulty analogies and failed predictions. The latest: Ukraine wanted sovereignty from the USSR because of the human drive for self-esteem, 'thymos', or recognition. This is a gross oversimplification, even by Frank's standards.
— Jan 09, 2026 03:38AM
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James Hogg
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You can't fault Fukuyama for lacking the benefit of hindsight, but his claim that information technology shouldn't be regulated for its innate anti-totalitarianism is hilarious even from the perspective of 2012-13, hardly a decade after the book was published. A lot of the attributes he ascribes to biology could also be proper to metaphysics (eg. the perception of primary colours).
— Jan 03, 2026 05:24PM
