Today, the defining struggle in the world is between relentless growth and the potential for collaboration. The borders that separate our societies from each other are blurring, as are the barriers that distinguish the sciences from arts and humanities. We are becoming one world. Our world. The University of Oxford is a leader in thinking, envisaging and shaping this world through academic endeavour, interdisciplinary excellence and distinctive teaching.I don’t know whether to laugh, yawn or retch.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
What would you say is ‘the defining struggle in the world’ today?
I have just gotten around to reading a letter that my alma mater sent me, asking for money. The opening paragraph reads as follows:
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Shakespeare's line about killing all the lawyers first thing ought to be updated to reflect present realities: marketing and HR types should be added to the list.
Hi, I am from Australia.
These five related references sum up what the defining struggle is.
Universal destruction or the emergence of a culture of sanity.
www.globalpeacecentral.org
www.beezone.com/news.html
www.dabase.org/openlett.htm
www.coteda.com/fundamentals/index.html
www.fearnomorezoo.org
On a lighter note. Part and parcel of the same seamless communication, and calling.
www.adidam.org/readings/art_is_love/index.html
www.adidabiennale.org/curation
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