While you're all learning about 'hyperpower' on wikipedia you should maybe look up Francis Fukuyama and "The End of History and the Last Man" while you're at it. "Hyperpower" is one interpretation of a particular point in time, "The Beginning of the End" is another, essential reading for this idea being Paul Kennedy's "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers". The songs work best as a pair. Great to see NIN has followed through on the political turn the project took in "With Teeth"!
While you're all learning about 'hyperpower' on wikipedia you should maybe look up Francis Fukuyama and "The End of History and the Last Man" while you're at it. "Hyperpower" is one interpretation of a particular point in time, "The Beginning of the End" is another, essential reading for this idea being Paul Kennedy's "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers". The songs work best as a pair. Great to see NIN has followed through on the political turn the project took in "With Teeth"!