People who say “drill-baby-drill” are much like people in the 1980s when personal computers came on the scene saying we need more typewriters and carbon paper (paraphrased from Thomas Friedman–see the video in this post). The “drill-baby-drill” is a mantra of those who are stuck in the past, with their heads in the sand, and don’t see that what is needed to deal with our hot planet is “invent-baby-invent.” In yesterday’s post, I wrote about Thomas Friedman’s new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, and in this post I want to explore one aspect of Friedman’s analysis of how we got to where we are now, that is a hot (not just warm), flat (the rise of middle classes in countries such as China, Russia, India), crowded. On a late night talk show, Friedman talked about his new book and the underlying themes of this new work. Here is that interview, which I hope you will find interesting and entertaining:
What do you think? Did Friedman’s comments ring any bells for you?… Read more
