I Spent My Time Trying To Understand

Any System, Biological, Economic, Or Social, That Gets So Encrusted That It Cannot Self-evolve, A System That Systematically Scorns Experimentation And Wipes Out The Raw Material Of Innovation, Is Doomed Over The Long Term On This Highly Variable Planet.

Calculating How Much Carbon Is Absorbed By Which Forests And Farms Is A Tricky Task, Especially When Politicians Do It.

Biodiversity Can't Be Maintained By Protecting A Few Species In A Zoo, Or By Preserving Greenbelts Or National Parks. To Function Properly, Nature Needs More Room Than That. It Can Maintain Itself, However, Without Human Expense, Without Zookeepers, Park Rangers, Foresters Or Gene Banks. All It Needs Is To Be Left Alone.

The First Commandment Of Economics Is: Grow. Grow Forever. Companies Get Bigger. National Economies Need To Swell By A Certain Percent Each Year. People Should Want More, Make More, Earn More, Spend More - Ever More. The First Commandment Of The Earth Is: Enough. Just So Much And No More. Just So Much Soil. Just So Much Water. Just So Much Sunshine. Everything Born Of The Earth Grows To Its Appropriate Size And Then Stops.

What Clinton Did With Lewinsky Was Despicable But Was No Threat To The Nation. That He Lied About It Repeatedly And To The Public Is A Reason For Us To Cease To Trust Him And For Him To Resign.