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I think it's noble, but not sure if it'll gain any ground. Lyotard's ideas about decentralization and being against meta-narratives are appealing. I personally don't like some aspects of modernism, such as the way of thinking about the world through meta-narratives (grand, all-encompassing notions about the world) Lyotard claims it uses. Also, post-modernism is all about diversity and acceptance of different cultures and viewpoints, and you can argue that the world is getting more culturally diverse. At the same time, you could argue the opposite way because of globalization. Basically, Habermas wants to sustain modernism by using the rational ideas of the Enlightenment whereas Lyotard believes modernism to be a failed project and the world needs to be more diverse now.