Winter 2014


TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Comment
The Middle of the Future Nathan Gardels

Soul and Science
Beyond Being and Becoming Ilya Prigogine
Anthropo-Technology Peter Sloterdijk
Teilhard’s Take Jacques Ellul
The Beginning of a New History Francis Fukuyama and Jacques Attali
Neural Darwinism Gerald Edelman
The Century of Biology J. Craig Venter and Daniel Cohen
The Limits of Cloning Ian Wilmut
Neo-Modern Ecology Alain Touraine
Theology not Ecology Rudolf Bahro
I Hope Artificial Intelligence Is Nice to Us Elon Musk

China
China and the Three Globalizations Zheng Bijian
The China Model Francis Fukuyama and Zhang Weiwei
China Today: Misguided Socialism Plus Crony Capitalism Wang Hui
China Has Good Laws, But They Should Apply to the Party Chen Guangcheng
Chinese Prosperity Doesn’t Bring Democracy Fang Li-Zhi
How China’s New Leaders Think Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels

Women Leaning In
Busting the Masculine Mystique Betty Friedan
The Islamic Revolution: From the Shah to the Spice Girls Masoumeh Ebtekar
The Freedom of Seduction NilÜfer GÖle
The Good Faith of an Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali