Understanding the past is essential for designing policies that can shape a better future.
最终的悲剧不是坏人的压迫和残酷,而是善良人的沉默。
——临终时对孔祥熙说,1925年3月
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
The devil is in the details we choose to ignore.