Was re-reading Paul Tucker’s (former central bank honcho) treatise “Global Discord” on international political economy, democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical conflict and stumbled over this small subsection on: “Existential Global Public Goods as a Salve for Existential Geopolitics?” “Finally, in a paradox of incipient tragedy, there is still some hope in common existential threats. Those that can be met only through common actions might offer some kind of opportunity: for the superpowers to redirect their interests into a gigantic effort—partly cooperative, partly competitive—against climate change, the ravages of pandemics, and no doubt more.” 🤔