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This might sound like something that can only happen in totalitarian regimes, but Orwell was warning us about the potential for this occurring even in democratic societies.
In the course of writing that book and studying the long history of civility and religious tolerance in the 17th century, I came to discover that there is a virtue of civility, and far from being bullshit, it's actually absolutely essential, especially for tolerant societies, so societies like this one, that promise not only to protect diversity but also the heated and sometimes even hateful disagreements that that diversity inspires.
But of course those fundamental disagreements are precisely the ones that tolerant societies like the United States propose to tolerate, which perhaps explains why, historically, at least, tolerant societies haven't been the happy-clappy communities of difference that you sometimes hear about.
Because remember, the same early modern crisis of civility that launched the Reformation also gave birth to tolerant societies, places like Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and indeed, eventually the United States, places that at least aspired to protect disagreement as well as diversity, and what made that possible was the virtue of civility.
We've seen divisive elections and divided societies.
Purity, certainty, the return to authentic tradition, the quest for these can lead to lethal visions of perfect societies and perfected people.
Answering these questions isn't just a technological challenge; it's a way to reexamine the freedom of movement between countries, and of overcoming the political, social, cultural and military restrictions of contemporary societies.
Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies.
The issue is that societies that don't respect women's anger don't respect women.
And if that's the case, I think, it should concern us women more than men, because when societies slide backwards into authoritarianism, nationalism or religious fanaticism, women have much more to lose.
I think East and West, we are losing multiplicity, both within our societies and within ourselves.
Our societies are, of course, much, much more than the market.
And the thing is that the more our societies grow, the more important trust becomes and the harder it is to build.
And that is a paradox of modern societies.
And that can help us build the trust that we need for real innovation to flourish and for societies to develop for citizens.
And that is why I am convinced that real and fair competition has a vital role to play in building the trust we need to get the best of our societies, and that starts with enforcing our rules, actually just to make the market work for everyone.
How do we make stable societies?
Unfortunately, in our societies around the world, women are taught to be victims.
"Don't expect to get any more awards, job offers or positions in scholarly societies."
With her stories of women founding new societies, time travelers overcoming historical strife, and interspecies bonding, Butler had a profound influence on the growing popularity of Afrofuturism.
So much of science fiction speculates about technologies, societies, social issues, what's beyond our planet, what's within our planet.
You see, in Bulgaria and many other societies, domestic violence is typically seen as a private matter.
We've seen that whenever there was diversity, whenever there was openness, whenever there was dialogue, this was the time when societies have been most productive.
But there were also plenty of places in the world where societies have been developing for thousands of years without any sign of a major collapse, such as Japan, Java, Tonga and Tikopea.
So evidently, societies in some areas are more fragile than in other areas.
How can we understand what makes some societies more fragile than other societies?
The problem is obviously relevant to our situation today, because today as well, there are some societies that have already collapsed, such as Somalia and Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
There are also societies today that may be close to collapse, such as Nepal, Indonesia and Columbia.
What is there that we can learn from the past that would help us avoid declining or collapsing in the way that so many past societies have?
The third thing on my checklist is relations with neighboring friendly societies that may prop up a society.
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