The World's Most Dangerous Ideas
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The World's Most Dangerous Ideas is a September/October 2004 special report published in the bimonthly American magazine Foreign Policy. Eight notable intellectuals were asked to issue an early warning on the ideas or ideologies that will be most destructive in the coming years. Some of the nominated ideas have elicited accusations of alarmism by other intellectuals.[1]
[edit] Nominees
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- War on evil (Robert Wright)[2]
- Business as usual at the U.N. (Samantha Power)[3]
- Transhumanism (Francis Fukuyama)[4]
- Free money (Alice Rivlin)[5]
- Undermining free will (Paul Davies)[6]
- Spreading democracy (Eric Hobsbawm)[7]
- Religious intolerance (Martha Nussbaum)[8]
- Hating America (Fareed Zakaria)[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Bailey, Ronald (2004-08-25). "Transhumanism: the most dangerous idea?". Reason. http://www.reason.com/rb/rb082504.shtml. Retrieved 2006-02-20.
- ^ Wright, Robert (2004-09-01). "War on Evil". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/war_on_evil. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Power, Samantha (2004-09-01). "Business as Usual at the U.N.". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/business_as_usual_at_the_un. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Fukuyama, Francis (2004-09-01). "Transhumanism". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/transhumanism. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Rivlin, Alice (2004-09-01). "Free Money". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/free_money. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Davies, Paul (2004-09-01). "Undermining Free Will". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/undermining_free_will. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Hobsbawm, Eric (2004-09-01). "Spreading Democracy". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/spreading_democracy. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Nussbaum, Martha (2004-09-01). "Religious Intolerance". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/religious_intolerance. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Zakaria, Fareed (2004-09-01). "Hating America". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/09/01/hating_america. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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