Right now, I am in Basel, Switzerland, keynoting the Swiss Innovation Forum, so I have witnessed firsthand the European reaction to Obama’s victory. The European response has been ecstatic. People spontaneously organized many election parties to watch the election returns as they came in. Time and again, people have expressed warm feelings and affection for America, and hope that a new era of cooperation and friendship will begin across the Atlantic.
But personally, I know that rough days are ahead for Obama, since the huge black hole in the economy will suck up so much needed money that Obama’s options will be limited for the first few years. But eventually, I hope that we can make progress in several areas, such as attacking global warming, funding stem cell research, funding alternative energy sources, etc. For too long, science has been held hostage to ideology. Science is the engine of prosperity, but often science has suffered at the hands of people who wished to promote an agenda based on ideology.
We asked the contributors here at How You Can Save The World to weigh in on President-elect Barack Obama’s victory. Continue reading to find out how they responded.
I’m incredibly energized by Obama’s new vision for the country and the world. I’m truly optimistic his passion and energy and his ability to galavanize a whole new generation into action will have a meaningful and lasting impact on all of our futures. — Dave Howe
With Barack Obama’s victory, I find myself hopeful and at peace for the first time in eight years. I feel like rationality and intelligent thought — and even more importantly, respect for rationality and intelligence — has returned to American leadership. I am heartened to see that the rest of the world seems to feel that way, too.
I know that Obama will not be able to fix everything that has been put asunder by the actions and policies of the Bush administration, at least not in four years. But I do believe that he will help the U.S. rejoin the world community in areas that are of great immediate concern, like climate change, where our leadership and collaborative spirit is so desperately needed.
A most welcome breath of fresh air at the very least. And perhaps: a great, cleansing wind of change. — Denise Caruso
To me, Obama’s victory signals an end to the resigned apathy of people who felt their voices and efforts couldn’t make a difference in shaping this country. Now, with so many new voters empowered by the change their efforts helped bring about, I’m looking forward to seeing more people stand up and speak out as active participants in our government during this next and future administrations. — Siel
Obama’s election is a massive step forward for democracy, in a way that even the country’s Fathers, the men that designed the principles upon which this country is based, could not imagine; they were men of the 18th century and many of its biases, the democracy they envisioned, wonderful as it as, was not free for everyone. With Obama as our president, the country now represents true freedom for all people. He is a symbol of the way that anyone, regardless of race or economic position, can succeed. Democracy finally has a figurehead representative of democracy. — Anton Yelchin
The most obvious thing I take great pride in is that the nation has finally gotten past the mindless specter of racism that we have suffered with since our founding. Not that its gone, but it is now so discredited that we can elect a black president. What a fantastic historical moment.
On a more operational level it will mean that we will once again restore integrity in government with respect to scientific issues. I have great respect for the scientific method; and no respect whatever for the abuses of the current administration in distorting and suppressing science to serve its ideological ends. — Rusty Schweickart
Like many Americans I am enormously proud of my country today for having elected Barack Obama as the next president of the United States for all of the obvious reasons. It breaks with a long painful history of racism. The world views us with renewed respect for fulfilling the best within us and living up to our principles.
However, there is at least one more profound implication of this election that may not be visible from inside the States. I happen to be in Singapore for the election (and yes I voted absentee three weeks ago) and from here one can see another remarkable impact of Obama’s victory. Minorities everywhere can now imagine that their rights and aspirations might come to mean something in the many countries where these have long been suppressed. Obama has given hope to the oppressed everywhere not just in America. He has dignified all people — not just African Americans and other US minorities.
Having run a brilliant campaign against a white war hero, he was not defeated by what many feared: a latent racism. Americans voted both their hopes and fears. Even those who might have been reluctant to vote for a black man feared the consequences of an unwinding economy and pulled the lever for Obama. And vast numbers responded to the deep sense that there was something special about this man and voted their hopes.
In the end not his Muslim name nor the color of his skin mattered. This is what every person in the world now knows is possible. We can even imagine that the days are numbered for the oppressors of the world. This election really was about who we are as Americans. It was an expression of what we are becoming not what we were. We chose wisely and hopefully. — Peter Schwartz
This Visions Forum is the second installment in a three-part series.
• See part one by clicking here
• See part three by clicking here
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