Tuesday lunchtime the State Department's Open Forum hosted George Soros. I got to see it, 12:00-1:30pm. The Open Forum series is yet another indication that State Department is not like other bureaucracies. Every month or so, they get a famous speaker to talk to them about challenging intellectual views of statecraft - even people that don't agree with the administration.
Sorros began with a gracious joke about how he was pleased to come to the Open Forum, as it was similar in wording to Open Society (he's the chair of the Open Society Institute, referencing Popper's work towards understanding and creating transparency and openness in society.
[Updated] Here's the full transcript of his speech.
Posted by argus at September 18, 2003 10:42 PM