Preface “Where are we” is written with a neutral stance with no intention of taking sides. Although the volume 1 and 6 might be opinionated, these are just my own and might not be true. Volumes 2 to 5 speak about historical events in perspective of the relative position to those of the larger Global Historical Development Map.
Volume 1: Are we placed in a situation, never before? The biggest mistake in understanding anyone can make today is to consider himself living in an ordinary unchanged routine world. The biggest mistake in assumption could be the belief that political, social and economical situation existing today would remain the same forever and it can only go one-way that is towards the better side. It makes more sense in reading further if you agree atleast partially with me in the above two cliches.
I believe we are in an extremely extraordinary situation! A situation where there is an increase in world economic output to $54 trillions but a higher unemployment rate of 6.1% prevails. A situation where there are just 44 monarchies and more than 140 republic countries but still there exist discrimination in its many forms. The two situations stated above namely the capitalism and republicanism emerged well over a century ago to change the facets of the common people, give people a better living condition and a direct or indirect participation in country’s policy decisions, law making and the running of a nation. It looks too silly and obvious when we say today that we have the right to write a blog, right to information and right to caste a vote. The better way to understand the importance of something we are enjoying today is to consider this analogy. A rich man with all his comforts becoming a pauper one day will suffer too much compared to a born pauper. So, there can be no denying the fact that we are enjoying our rights due to our embracement of republic form of government and better living standards due to embracement of capitalism.
However, here, the broader question still lingering in my mind is where are we now in terms of our Global Historical Development Map (GHDM)?, a map considered to be a mosaic of socio- economic, political, scientific, art & humanitarian development of human race over centuries. The relevance of the above question I believe would help us understand the current situation at a macro level and hence would foster informed opinions and decisions for the further development of our societies. To put it simply, I think these are important requirements for a visionary. I say the captain of a cricketing side is a visionary. He ought to know the nature of his team, the standing of his team in relation to other teams so that he can take his own team where he wants to in the future. This ICC point’s table in cricket is the scale of measurement that can be compared to our GHDM, with different teams in ICC tables comparable to different periods of development in history.
I believe we are in an extremely extraordinary situation! A situation where there is an increase in world economic output to $54 trillions but a higher unemployment rate of 6.1% prevails. A situation where there are just 44 monarchies and more than 140 republic countries but still there exist discrimination in its many forms. The two situations stated above namely the capitalism and republicanism emerged well over a century ago to change the facets of the common people, give people a better living condition and a direct or indirect participation in country’s policy decisions, law making and the running of a nation. It looks too silly and obvious when we say today that we have the right to write a blog, right to information and right to caste a vote. The better way to understand the importance of something we are enjoying today is to consider this analogy. A rich man with all his comforts becoming a pauper one day will suffer too much compared to a born pauper. So, there can be no denying the fact that we are enjoying our rights due to our embracement of republic form of government and better living standards due to embracement of capitalism.
However, here, the broader question still lingering in my mind is where are we now in terms of our Global Historical Development Map (GHDM)?, a map considered to be a mosaic of socio- economic, political, scientific, art & humanitarian development of human race over centuries. The relevance of the above question I believe would help us understand the current situation at a macro level and hence would foster informed opinions and decisions for the further development of our societies. To put it simply, I think these are important requirements for a visionary. I say the captain of a cricketing side is a visionary. He ought to know the nature of his team, the standing of his team in relation to other teams so that he can take his own team where he wants to in the future. This ICC point’s table in cricket is the scale of measurement that can be compared to our GHDM, with different teams in ICC tables comparable to different periods of development in history.
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