Our nation faces tough times. We have a looming energy crisis - there is not enough oil on the planet to sustain us; there is not an infrastructure nor desire for the innovation required to create one. We have an economic crisis that is looking more and more like the Great Depression (did you know that unemployment didn't reach 25% until 1933, although the original crash was in 1929?). We have a gridlocked government that is owned by corporations. There is no end in sight.
Dylan Ratigan lost it today on his show, and in a fiery passion made some good points. It is worth the four minute watch:
I'd like to hear the commenters here at the Daily Hurricane - who do you think would be able to contribute fairly to a panel like this? Do you have ideas? No matter how far out they may seem? Share them. Years ago, when Apple made the announcement explaining the iPod and what it was, I laughed and thought, "How silly. I can just make a mix tape on my Walkman, why would I buy an mp3 player?" Steve Jobs saw what could be. That's why he's a billionaire and I'm a blogger.
What do you see?
Dylan Ratigan lost it today on his show, and in a fiery passion made some good points. It is worth the four minute watch:
I have a suggestion. Lets get Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett at the table and tell them: Solve these problems. Surely the man who envisioned the entire global market that is the mp3, Ipod, Ipad, the man who changed the computing world with his operating systems, and the master of the modern economy and stock markets can envision SOMETHING that might lead us in the right direction. Let's ask them to brainstorm, use their vast experience, creativity, and resources to envision a world where these problems are solved.
If they could come up with these ideas, give them the opportunity to put their people on it; lets get the men and women that literally changed the way we lead our daily lives to do so with our use of energy and capital.
Why not? What we're doing has obviously failed.
If they could come up with these ideas, give them the opportunity to put their people on it; lets get the men and women that literally changed the way we lead our daily lives to do so with our use of energy and capital.
Why not? What we're doing has obviously failed.
I'd like to hear the commenters here at the Daily Hurricane - who do you think would be able to contribute fairly to a panel like this? Do you have ideas? No matter how far out they may seem? Share them. Years ago, when Apple made the announcement explaining the iPod and what it was, I laughed and thought, "How silly. I can just make a mix tape on my Walkman, why would I buy an mp3 player?" Steve Jobs saw what could be. That's why he's a billionaire and I'm a blogger.
What do you see?
Just crush a girl's dream on a Wednesday morning. Next you're going to tell me I probably won't win the lottery tonight too.
Total bummage.
Your suggestion is an excellent one. It just won't happen. Washington does not take advice from outside the beltway. The Obamna of 2008 would have done what you suggest. But Obama v.2011 will not and neither will Romney or Perry when one of them become president. Our government is ALWAYS in their "what's in it for me" mode so, I'm afraid, fixing our myriad of problems will never happen. Most will get worse, like the debt, some, like the economy will probably fix themselves eventually or transform the US into another Mexico laden with government corruption, poverty, no middle class and a few MULTI-billionaires.
ALl of out problems have a fix but NOBODY in Washington is willing to get in front and LEAD. Perhaps, because NOBODY in Washington is willing to FOLLOW.
add to that a forward-thinking communications professional who can get the right message and information out in the right way. Jon Iwata at IBM would be my recommendation as I do believe communication is key. Transparent, direct and REAL communication, not the manipulative pablum we're fed by Wall Street, K Street and Fox.
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2010/09/meet_ibms_jon_i.php
I think one of my first suggestions would be James Cameron...the movie director. Yeah, really!
I read a technical critique by a very knowledgeable Nasa consultant a couple of years ago that suggested that Cameron has devised a Mars Lander that is the best on paper design he has seen. He noted that no one in the NASA hierarchy has done as well.
Obama initially tried to move the country in an innovative direction but, of course, the Repubtilians railed, the rank-and-file conservative scoffed and the rank-and-file liberal didn't seem to give a sh*t. Game Over!