Wendy, myself and about 1500 people went and saw Jared Diamond at TCU Place tonight. He was what I expected. Witty, gracious, concise, and profound. He talked mostly of his work in Collapse but offered up some thoughts on the global economic collapse and global warming. Sadly for a lot of defeated Liberal candidates, he offered up the best apologetic of the Green Shift that I have heard. Too bad it came out now instead of prior to election day as it would have contributed greatly to the election debate.
I have some more thoughts on his talk and his book Collapse but that is for another night. Tonight I need some sleep.
[...] then told me what his church spent on conferences and I was stunned. Him and I talked about Jared Diamond coming to Saskatoon. We both had attended and the talk was one that he had given out of Collapse. We paid [...]
[...] and is a big chunk away from family that isn’t always necessary. Wendy gave me tickets to Jared Diamond last year in Saskatoon. It was a fun evening but all he did was talk about Collapse which I guarantee you about 90% [...]