Ahem

"One is busy either experiencing life or recording it. To do both, one has to be a writer." - Zanie

readings

# Emphasizing access versus ownership isn't just more sustainable, it helps ease friction from the differences between rich and poor.

# We all need to be rethinking how we sustain rising middle classes with rising incomes in a warming world, otherwise the convergence of warming, consuming and crowding will mean we grow ourselves to death.

(Two points to think about from "China needs its own dream" by Thomas L. Friedman in today's NY times)