Morning links etc.
Hard to overstate how important it is that a woman won the Oscar for Best Director. A true breakthrough event. Not to mention that Kathryn Bigelow heartily deserved to win. I truly hope The Hurt Locker finds a larger audience now.
Ditching the internal combustion engine. (h/t Jay)
Deep Economy: Our ideas of growth and development can’t involve the rest of the world (or even Americans) living like Americans. If the Chinese ate meat like Americans, they’d use 2/3 of the world grain harvest. If the Chinese owned cars like Americans, they’d use more than all the oil currently produced globally...But why should the world want to live like Americans when Europeans have a higher quality of life, work fewer hours, and use half as much energy. People in Kerala, India earn an average of a few dollars a day but have higher literacy and higher education rates and similar life expectancies as Americans. Americans don’t rank in the Top 10 in Quality of Life or Average Happiness while European countries dominate both lists. Read the rest.
Question of the Day - vote for all that apply:
Danny Boy: It's the time of year I can get away with posting as many versions of this perfect song as I like.
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