tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post6258776909411492487..comments2024-03-11T09:29:31.793-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Tonight's DebateDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-50594467154055287112008-10-08T09:46:00.000-07:002008-10-08T09:46:00.000-07:00My friends, IMHO the structural issues are so enor...My friends, IMHO the structural issues are so enormous that telling Joe & Jane Sixpack that big changes and sacrifices are needed that, in our puerile public civic discussion environment, this would mean the candidate doesn't get elected. <BR/><BR/>As I get older, I get more convinced that we are incapable of solving our big problems (small problems like taking phone calls in the car? No problem!), and it will take some sort of collapse to change our direction. Economists call this 'hard landing vs soft landing'. <BR/><BR/>Also as I get older, I get more of a fatalistic outlook like Vonnegut. <BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>DDanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709762632849004871noreply@blogger.com