Back in 2005 I saw a link to a review of Jared Diamond’s book Collapse on the New Yorker website. Malcolm Gladwell was telling the story of Norse settlers coming to Greenland a millennium ago and I found the story fascinating. Even to the Norse, Greenland was not a place that one would want to [...]
Jared Diamond
Will Big Business Save Earth?
Jared Diamond thinks it is a possibility The embrace of environmental concerns by chief executives has accelerated recently for several reasons. Lower consumption of environmental resources saves money in the short run. Maintaining sustainable resource levels and not polluting saves money in the long run. And a clean image — one attained by, say, avoiding [...]
Read it to me again
Recently a friend came by work and there were some washers and dryers being moved around the building. He asked what was up and I explained what we were doing and the reason why. While the specifics are pretty boring, the “why” is that the more money we save operationally, the more money can be [...]
Jared Diamond
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 [...]
