The chief virtue of multiculturalism is that different cultural perspectives help us to understand our own culture better. Things we take for granted or don’t notice are often picked up by people who don’t share the same cultural detritus. As Americans try to figure out the meaning of the long list of gun massacres that have occurred in the US, it is useful to see how other cultures interpret the American gun culture. Der Spiegel offers one such opportunity.
It doesn’t appear as if the world ended today (but one can never be too certain about such things–after all, reality itself is a low probability event). The Economist had a great graph today on various end of the world prophecies over the years.
It seems as if doomsday predictions have a poor track record. Regardless, we can be certain that we will experience many more.
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