General Knowledge ( International Affairs)

General Knowledge ( International Affairs) General knowledge contributes to personal enrichment, and a better understanding of the world (and the universe!) as a whole. What about cooking?

It will help you do everything from planning a garden (Geometry, Meteorology, pest control, planting season) to balancing a check-book (addition, subtraction). Lots of Science and Chemistry there! Knowledge and understanding of Art (color, forms, proportions, etc) can even help you dress better! :-))

It will make your entire life more meaningful and successful. The more you know about specific things, the more you can connect the individual, separate facts to other facts. This leads to UNDERSTANDING. If you understand History, it will help you understand Politics. If you know the facts of leader's and politician's lives, it will help you understand History. If you understand Psychology, and Sociology, it will help you understand how people and cultures act and interact. This will help you understand Politics and History. If you understand Math, it will help you with Finance and Economics. If you understand Finance, it will help you understand Economics. If you understand Music and Art, Poetry, and Literature, it will help you understand yourself, people, and cultures, and History. If you understand all the many and varied realms of Science, the entire world opens before you! :-)) You will better be able to see how the Reality around you operates, and how it is interconnected. You will understand how to use it to your own advantage, AND how to preserve it for it's own sake! People who KNOW and UNDERSTAND, are empowered to act, and to make their own choices. People who do not know, and do not understand, are pawns. They are ACTED UPON. At the very least, you will never be bored! You will be able to think, and assess situations, and people, and events in a much more detailed and meaningful way! You will also be MUCH more interesting to talk to! :-))

A great man, Francis Bacon, once said, "Knowledge itself is power." :-))

Another great man, William Butler Yeats, said, "Education is not the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.

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The president-elect has pledged “no surprises” in cross-strait relations.

25/01/2016

Time to reassess whether American extended deterrence in East Asia is still strong.

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In which John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out, Iran has a pretty...

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Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, NATO Deputy Secretary General, discusses NATO and its response to Russian’s recent interventions in Ukraine and Syria with Edi...

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