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Short answer: you are not now what you were, nor what you will be. The self shifts and flows over time.

Disaster. Lots of bad things to come in the next four years for US and the world. Deeply sad and frustrating.

This.

This comes to mind today: "We can praise Emperor Yao and condemn Jie the tyrant - but that's nothing like forgetting them both and dwelling in the transformations of Dao." Zhuangzi, chapter 6

This sure looks like a key element of this disaster.

Depressing that we have to return to this eight years later, but here we are. “When one lacking in humaneness occupies a high position, his wickedness spreads to everyone.” - Mencius uselesstree.typepad.com/useless_tree/2…

Always good to think of the larger global context. The US is not, and never has been, exceptional.

Here we are journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-s…

Heighten the contradictions

Blue Sky has gotten a lot more interesting in the past week. Just sayn’

Watched first episode of second season of Wolf Hall here in UK last night. Great stuff. Also eeriely suggestive of dyanamics of court politics in incoming post-liberal/pre-fascist US government. They are all dogs of the king and the king must be pleased.

Fabulous talk!

Looking at Trump's national security picks, seems like he's going for people who lack the standing, authority, backbone, or wisdom to stand up to him, no matter what he decides to do. #TeamofLackeys

Here's an injustice that strikes close to home.

Please consult the Zunghar Khanate…. Oh, right…

My latest: Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail under subversion charges, marking an end to the largest national security case in Hong Kong under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing. voanews.com/a/hong-kong-im…

Thread on Jimmy Lai testimony

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Haven’t been here in a while but if you’re in Dublin on May 19th, come by Trinity College for my talk.