The Need To Communicate Effectively With Your

There's A True Schizophrenia Where If You Say To Voters, You Know, Do You Think The Federal Government Spends Too Much Money And They Should Spend Less, They Say Yeah, Absolutely. Then You Name Specific Things, Like Pell Grants For Students And They Say, No, Not That. How 'bout Nih, Medical Research Funding? Nah, You Really Shouldn't Cut That. And Pretty Soon You've Proved That What The American Public Is Against Is Arithmetic.

Historically, Privacy Was Almost Implicit, Because It Was Hard To Find And Gather Information. But In The Digital World, Whether It's Digital Cameras Or Satellites Or Just What You Click On, We Need To Have More Explicit Rules - Not Just For Governments But For Private Companies.

When I Was Trying To Figure Out Why Lives Have Improved So Much In The Last 300 Years, Where We've Gone From A Third Of Kids Dying Before 5 To - By 1990 It Was Down To 10% - Now It's Down To 5%. And Saying Why, Over All History, There Were Smart People, But That Number Didn't Change. Average Life Span Didn't Change. What's Magical About What's Been Deemed The Industrial Revolution? It's Really Energy Intensity.

If You Are Low Income In The United States, You Have A Higher Chance Of Going To Jail Than Getting A 4-year Degree.

My Dream Is That Every Child Has Enough Food To Eat, Good Medical Care, And The Chance To Go To School And Even Attend College.