Timestamps: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Skin in the Game 1:55 Max Czoller: Desintegriegt Euch! 5:30 David Reich: Who We Are And How We Got Here 6:42 Kapka Kassabova: Border 8:20 Francis Fukuyama: Identity 11:17 Panaj Mishra: Zeitalter des Zorns (Age of Anger) 14:52 Bettina Röhl: „Die RAF hat euch lieb“ 16:58 Mike Duncan: The Storm Before the Storm 17:50
Good day, Walt. I enjoyed this, especially since I live in Texas, and given the tragic events of the last recent days, where nationalism and identity have been prominent, the books you mentioned are very interesting. The issue of identity in the U.S., among many, is that if one is born here, one is an American, regardless where they descended from. We go through cycles, as we are presently going through, where one group tries to exclude another immigrant group. Nevertheless, for the most part, a child from Chinese parents, born here, can claim they are American, not Chinese, and society, for the most part, won't question it. I've often wondered if that is the same in other countries, for example, if a child born in Germany, whose parents are of Mexican descent, can claim to be a German and be accepted by other Germans as German.
Good day, Gore. I think most people in Germany nowdays accept people of foreign descent (it's called "with migration background" here) as equal Germans, though it's not quite the same as in the states, for sure. Legally, you don't get the the legal status through birth alone if not one of your parents is a German citizen. I think the same holds true for most European nations, but also worldwide countries the US and Canada are rather the exception. It's too complicated to get into it in a youtube commentary, but I will say, that there are many historical and cultural factors, which come into play. Being a migrant myself, and now also father of a child with a non-German mother, I see the complexity of it. The German state tried to navigate the problem with allowing for double citizenship, which, while having some definitive benefits for the individual, have created another rather curious problem: When in doubt, which side will Turks with German citizenship side with? After serious tensions between Germany and Turkey in the recent past this doesn't seem like a solely hypothetical question. Erdogan has a greater turnout (percent wise) amongst Turks living in Germany, than the ones living in Turkey. So, yeah... Identity. I could go on forever ;)
Timestamps:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Skin in the Game 1:55
Max Czoller: Desintegriegt Euch! 5:30
David Reich: Who We Are And How We Got Here 6:42
Kapka Kassabova: Border 8:20
Francis Fukuyama: Identity 11:17
Panaj Mishra: Zeitalter des Zorns (Age of Anger) 14:52
Bettina Röhl: „Die RAF hat euch lieb“ 16:58
Mike Duncan: The Storm Before the Storm 17:50
Thats a great pile of books! everything seems interesting! 📚👍🏻
Thanks Jane! Let me know, if you have any good recommendations.
Good day, Walt.
I enjoyed this, especially since I live in Texas, and given the tragic events of the last recent days,
where nationalism and identity have been prominent, the books you mentioned are very interesting.
The issue of identity in the U.S., among many, is that if one is born here, one is an American, regardless where they
descended from. We go through cycles, as we are presently going through, where one group tries to exclude another
immigrant group. Nevertheless, for the most part, a child from Chinese parents, born here, can claim they are American, not
Chinese, and society, for the most part, won't question it. I've often wondered if that is the same in other countries, for example,
if a child born in Germany, whose parents are of Mexican descent, can claim to be a German and be accepted by
other Germans as German.
Good day, Gore. I think most people in Germany nowdays accept people of foreign descent (it's called "with migration background" here) as equal Germans, though it's not quite the same as in the states, for sure. Legally, you don't get the the legal status through birth alone if not one of your parents is a German citizen. I think the same holds true for most European nations, but also worldwide countries the US and Canada are rather the exception. It's too complicated to get into it in a youtube commentary, but I will say, that there are many historical and cultural factors, which come into play. Being a migrant myself, and now also father of a child with a non-German mother, I see the complexity of it. The German state tried to navigate the problem with allowing for double citizenship, which, while having some definitive benefits for the individual, have created another rather curious problem: When in doubt, which side will Turks with German citizenship side with? After serious tensions between Germany and Turkey in the recent past this doesn't seem like a solely hypothetical question. Erdogan has a greater turnout (percent wise) amongst Turks living in Germany, than the ones living in Turkey. So, yeah... Identity. I could go on forever ;)