Talk of the Town: The world we seek to understand
January 17, 2026
Comments on “The world we seek to understand” (Public Lives by Randy David, 1/11/26) via https://opinion.inquirer.net:
I fully concur that peace is fragile and must be consciously sustained. While the analysis correctly identifies great-power hubris as the primary danger, a crucial avenue for hope exists: the deliberate, positive use of social media by the younger generation.
Manny Ilao
History would reveal that the world order is subordinated to the EGO of a few world leaders. The institutions for global order developed by international statesmen of good faith become helpless when the EGO of a world leader turns hyper active. Until this time, as can be seen in Ukraine and elsewhere, there is no antidote to this human frailty!
FRS

