January 1, 2023
New Years
It is lovely in a way that the New Year can be raucous or reflective, Hogmanay or hallowed, as if you could choose the state in which it would be appropriate to exit one year and enter the next. Every New Year is an opening to a new world, and you can choose what to take with you through that gap. The odds are for a new beginning this year, for many reasons. For one, can we adjust to a new normal over interminable Covid pandemic - but for a more important reason, too. I think more and more groups are starting to realize they have to think ahead and start planning for the new century rather than continuing with the old business. Two indicators are showing of this. One is the bipartisan energy to get serious on China policy. The second is the increasing interest in philosophy among the population. With regard to the second, it is increasingly notable that the subject of rationality has begun to enter into the popular discourse. What is quite effective about these things is that it is an intergenerational shared interest, indicating that we are entering into a very serious age in political discourse.
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