Friday, December 30, 2011

2012 world preview: no peace, no prosperity, no progress

As always a cheery international prognosis for a new year...though I always think that at least for us (for the moment!) rich westerners, it has been scarier before, since at least we don't have to worry too much about hair-triggered mutual assured nuclear destruction...

Simon Tisdall's 2012 world preview: no peace, no prosperity, no progress | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Though in an interconnected world, we'll for sure at least partly feel the pain of others, if not their misery; and of course climate change though slower than war, will spread further. Is indeed worth remembering the Nepal Airways motto mentioned in this piece : when flying in the himalayas, every cloud has a solid lining.  No matter what height our civilization cruises at, there's always room for a hard landing..

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