and do it in a civil way, and it will continue that way under the leadership of its new owners, brad graham. i just want to continuity will stand and appropriate changes will be made too, but not around what is a community institution, around ideas, and around public space. i very much wanted to introduce francis fukuyama tonight because i respect him even though as i told him, i taught civil society activists in asia and africa work on civil societies a went had a lot of vigorous discussion about the end of history 10-15 years ago, and so that's one reason, but the more important reason is he is an open-minded scholar who embraces big ideas, who's not incaplated by boundaries. he exercises nuance and complexity. don't be fooled by the fact that this book after the colon says from prehistoric times to the french revolution. professor fukuyama takes us through the relationships of the state, law, and accountable government, and he wants to know what is the origin of state, law, and accountable government, and having one of those in place doesn't presuppose that the others will have vibrant a