Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat author and NY Times columnist, just released his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded this week. Back in my consulting days, I used Friedman’s The World is Flat as the opener to my Elkhart County’s Innovation Landscape speaking tour engagements. Don’t get too excited, there were only 3 or 4 stops on the tour.
I watched Friedman’s interview on Meet the Press (which I watch now that NBC video podcasts MTP thru iTunes) and was impressed, especially by his answer to the question “What if global warming is a hoax?” which was along the lines of “Then it’s the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the U.S. in that it’ll renew our country and economic/technological/innovation leadership in the world.” Here’s his interview:
The book came out Tuesday. I txted Brad, owner of Better World Books’ retail store in Goshen, on Sunday and he had the book for me Wednesday, at a price lower than Amazon when accounting for shipping. Thanks for beating Amazon, Brad! Buy local AND buy less expensively. I like it.
