This has been sitting on my bookshelf for a while, and I finally took it down to read it. And I now urge you to do the same.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, the author, knows what he is talking about. Hee has been to every conference on the global economy for quite a while. And has a large Wikipedia article.
For a shorter introduction, just pick up his book and start reading it, with a marker pen in your hand.
If they want to. But that is a pretty big IF.
Let's give that some thought. And talk of what is, instead of what could be.
What are people really like? Damned if I know.
But I am certain of one thing: they are not very nice, as a general rule.
They can be nice sometimes, but not consistently.
This is a complicated subject, because people are so complicated.
Language is an example. It can be simple (as most computer languages are) or it can be so complicated (the Navaho language, for example), that only young children can learn it.
I am trying to learn the Angular Web Framework, which has its own languages. Each language is simple, but the way they are put together, is very complicated, believe me.
People are like languages, some of them change frequently (the liberals), but some of them very seldom (the conservatives).
I did two things today: I ate and I read, and I want to write about those.
The public food in Orosi is cheap and is tasty. So I take it home and eat it here, where I don't have to wear a face mask.
The first thing I bought was some pastry at a bakery, It was sweet with a layer of ham. They went down easily, with some espresso coffee.
I next read from the Kindle novel, Finding Dorothy, about the wife of Frank Baum, who was long dead. He was the author of the OZ books. She was on the set where Hollywood was making a movie based on his books.
It's an easy read.
Yes and No.
It was beautiful compared to Madison. And in that way, it saved my life. And it had 25 cycle electricity. in some places, that we quickly being converted to 60 cycles. A fine concrete highway ran thru the middle of town.
There were many small businesses, including Mayor Horton's garage. that employed several of the town's alcoholics. There were 3 small grocery stores, and a bank, that knew everyone in town (in 1950) so cashing a check was easy.
It was a small town with few jobs, where Madison was a big town (15,000) with plenty of jobs. Madison was integrated (I went to grade school with black kids). But Blacks in Nauvo had leave town at sundown.
The teachers were not much good, but they were kind. If you wanted a good education (as a teacher or a student) you went to Ft, Madison.
Especially for us old folks, and everyone else. We are not machines, but they are. Which gives them a huge advantage, in some ways, but a disadvantage in other ways.
We need to know the difference.
A TV is not a person, but lots of people think it is, and want to be like one themselves: completely artificial.
