tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post3022155064170187793..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: The Most Pernicious Idea in AmericaJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-6122828506616810712010-10-25T21:19:30.584-04:002010-10-25T21:19:30.584-04:00Anonymous,
You honor me beyond any measure I coul...Anonymous,<br /><br />You honor me beyond any measure I could possibly merit. Thank you.<br /><br />What would I ask the Mustache of Understanding?<br /><br />It wouldn't actually be something very useful or worthy of your time.<br /><br />If I had a shot at Friedman, I would just ask him - for someone so well traveled, with such wide access to so many key players throughout the centers of power in Europe, Asia and the Americas - how come he never manages to see anything clearly. Right before his eyes, he can see the standardization of economic culture. It's homogenization, really. I would wager that almost anyone can see it.<br /><br />So why does he, for all his celebration of globalization, still pretend that the connection of elites using new technologies represents a qualitative alteration of human society?<br /><br />The rich almost always resemble each other, especially if they have contact with each other. A duke in medieval England didn't much differ from one in the Low Countries. A merchant prince in colonial Boston shared a fairly strong cultural and economic overlap with one in post-Hansa Lubeck. <br /><br />How does he miss this, I guess would be my question.<br /><br />Thank you, and respect to you,<br /><br />JackJack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-31806976311871018782010-10-25T20:38:02.021-04:002010-10-25T20:38:02.021-04:00Dear Jack,
Notre Dame student here. our school wi...Dear Jack,<br /><br />Notre Dame student here. our school will be graced by the presence of Thomas Friedman in a week to discuss "the Global Market Place and the Common Good." i was planning to attend, just for kicks. if you have a question you might want to put to him, ill take it into consideration when Q&A time comes (if it does).<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />and yes this place drives me crazyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com