Hope And Optimism Aren't Just Attitudes, They

I Don't Think That Stability And The Status Quo Go Together At All, Not In A Flat World Where People Are Integrated, Where Women Are Assuming New Roles, Where Young People Want To Be Consulted And Participate. I Think The Trick Is To Open Up, Move Down The Path Of Reform, Do It In A Way That Is Consistent With Your Own Society's Stability And Culture, And Just Don't Think You Can Do Nothing.

The Middle East Would Always Be An Important Trading Partner In Just A Market Sense, Like America Is A Big Market For Us, Asia Is A Big Market, Europe Is A Big Market. You Are Going To Have Hundreds Of Millions Of Consumers There, From Just A Standard Market Point Of View, From A Very Narrow American Point Of View.

America Is Interested In Change And Reform In The Middle East But In A Stable Way.

So What Am I? I Guess I Would Call Myself A Sober Optimist...if You Are Not Sober About The Scale Of The Challenge, Then You Are Not Paying Attention. But If You Are Not An Optimist, You Have No Chance Of Generating The Kind Of Mass Movement Needed To Achieve The Needed Scale.

C'mon Kids! Wake Up And Smell The Co2! Take Over Your Administration Building, Occupy Your University President's Office, Or Storm In On The Next Meeting Of Your College's Board Of Trustees Until They Agree To Make Your School Carbon Neutral.