“No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value,” Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers No. In an interview with The WorldPost this week, political scientist Francis Fukuyama addresses the conundrum presented to the founders’ idea of governance in the face of 21st century populism. Yet, as Pankaj Mishra observes in another WorldPost interview, the very foundation upon which elites might rehabilitate their authority has eroded. This week the Berggruen Institute also hosted a discussion in Los Angeles with Sapiens and Homo Deus author Yuval Harari. Eilona Ariel Yuval Harari (R) discussing Homo Deus with Berggruen Institute President Craig Calhoun (L) and WorldPost editor Nathan Gardels (C).

Source: Huffington Post March 03, 2017 22:30 UTC