Quotable quotes
Dateline: In the Shire, Indy, 29 July 2005
Day lost to quick visit to POD warehouse (fairly impressive) and then afternoon decision-making marathon at plumbing supply corp, picking out fixtures for bathrooms and kitchens.
But I was on the job, sort of . . .
The Globalist today published a compendium of quotes on globalization as a sort of story entitled, "The United States and Globalization." Quotees included Stiglitz, Friedman, Jimmy Carter, Lawrence Summers, Clinton, Greenspan, Sachs, and Niall Ferguson.
I was quoted twice in the 24 quotes:
What is globalization, anyways?
"Globalization is a condition defined by mutually assured dependence."
(Thomas P.M. Barnett, former professor at the U.S. Naval War College, March 2004)
and . . .
What promise does globalization hold for the rest of the world?
"Globalization is this country's gift to history, the most perfectly flawed projection of our nation's ideals onto the global landscape — all are created equal, and all desire life, liberty and a chance to pursue happiness. In short, 'we the people' needs to become 'we the planet.'"
(Thomas P.M. Barnett, former professor at the U.S. Naval War College, March 2004)
I'm pretty sure both are direct book quotes. [see postscript] Guess I would have liked them to mention that.
Find the full piece (not sure about access requirements, but it's a cool online mag worth checking out if you haven't already) at: http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4560
Postscript: Source for preceding quotes:
The Pentagon's New Map, Chapter 3 - Disconnectedness Defines Danger, Section - Mapping Globalization's Frontier, Pg. 122.
Globalization is a condition defined by mutually assured dependence. To globalize your economy and your society, you must accept that the world will reshape your future far more than you can possibly hope to influence the world in return. The continuity of the past, where son followed father in occupation for generations, will in most cases end with callous disregard for tradition. Moreover, if you globalize you will import from that world outside far more than you can possibly offer in return. While your culture will be added to globalization’s ever-evolving mosaic, your society will—in return—be challenged to adapt to an amazing array of content flows (e.g., ideas about the role of women, free speech, “proper” education) that come with globalization’s connectivity. The same will hold true for the goods and services you can offer the world, which will pale in comparison with all the products that will flood your markets, challenging your producers and firms to adapt to a new competitive landscape or die. Most important, while your influence regarding global rule sets will be small, globalization’s influence regarding your internal rule sets will be enormous. In fact, your importation and adoption of these global rule sets will be the main price you pay for leaving your disconnectedness behind.
The Pentagon's New Map, Chapter 1 - New Rule Sets, Section - "A Future Worth Creating," Pg. 50.
Whether we realize it or not, America serves as the ideological wellspring for globalization. These united states still stand as its first concrete expression. We are the only country in the world purposely built around the ideals that animate globalization’s advance: freedom of choice, freedom of movement, freedom of expression. We are connectivity personified. Globalization is this country’s gift to history—the most perfectly flawed projection of the American Dream onto the global landscape. To deny our parentage of globalization is to deny our country’s profound role as world leader over the second half of the twentieth century. More important, to abandon globalization’s future to those violent forces hell-bent on keeping this world divided between the connected and disconnected is to admit that we no longer hold these truths to be self-evident: that all are created equal, and that all desire life, liberty, and a chance to pursue happiness. In short, we the people needs to become we the planet.