Thomas Friedman & Malcolm Gladwell on America's Future

[roxiemccampbell]

Pretty good post...

[zalllon]

I'm totally on the Malcolm bandwagon, and I know he is a writer ahead of a public speaker. But the other two are tragic when it comes to the "um, um ummm" as well as several other's I've seen interviewing him.  Where are the articulate speakers???

[schmeetz]

eh. um...um...eh....ummmmmmm

[honous]

"green is the new red, white & blue" followed by a gulp from a big ole plastic cup. "green" is about more than emissions...

[ivanmikhailov]

It makes me sick to hear Friedman speak. I wish Sideshow Bob had more to say in this one.

[thadeusmac]

Um Um Um.. Ugh..

[ivanmikhailov]

There's not enough vomit in the world to express my feelings on Friedman's speech. Good god. Just a long string of cliches and crowd pleasing banalities. Nothing important or meaningful was spoken or even alluded to

[taoofmichael]

Let me break it down for you, since you dont seem to get what he is saying.

Oil is running out. Renewable energy IS THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID GEO-POLITICAL DISASTER.

Does that make sense? Because it better. It is COMPLETELY TRUE.

[ivanmikhailov]

Thanks for the caps. I DON'T THINK I'D UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, OTHERWISE. Go back and read my comment. My point was that the speech was a bunch of hackneyed phrases and tired expressions used by every other journalist and media outlet to convey a point that's made over and over and over. There's nothing new or insightful about this speech or it's contents. That was my point which you apparently missed. It wasn't that I thought the message was incorrect.

[taoofmichael]

So your issue is style, not substance?

Figures. YOU SEEM TO WORRY A LOT ABOUT STYLE. But the substance is WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

If what he is saying is true, as far as I am concerned, he could say it in a Boston accent with marbles in his mouth.

Its the truth of it THAT MATTERS.

[ivanmikhailov]

I'm concerned with content as well as with new ways of looking at things.  Cliches are very unpleasant to listen to and I think reflect on a person's inability to see things in a new way or to think creatively. Recycling is also an important activity, by I wouldn't be impressed by a fully grown man parroting advertisment-like jingles and pop-culture drivel.

[microglyphics]

Um, not so much a discussion as it is Friedman rambling.

[smujismuj]

Nice to see friedman playing catch-up on the fossil fuel industry's death march.

Sure would be nice if he could reverse his bigotry against the middle-east.