Facing another recovery from irrational exuberance in the US economy, politicians taking sides on oversight, and personal portfolio's taking a hit, I wondered what kind of changes will stick. I found an answer in a letter from Rachmaninoff, the famous Russian composer, pianist and conductor, during his first American tour in 1909.
Globalization has some very curious impacts to America. It's wave affect has made some, not all, but some of the inspirational aspects of the US available elsewhere. Technology, education, some freedoms of the entrepreneurial spirit and system. Is there a clear answer to what America aspires to be or is our consistent doing the truer essence of what makes America special?
Rachmaninoff wrote in 1909 during is US tour, "You know, in this accursed country, where you're surrounded by nothing but Americans and the 'business,business' they are forever doing clutching you from all sides and driving you on.....Everyone treats me nicely and kindly, but I am horribly bored."
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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