$15 billion was spent in 2010 on the War on Drugs, $1.2 trillion over last decade spent on War on Terror - how much have we spent on the War on Poverty? With just $20 billion everyone could have access to safe drinking water.
Check out this speech by Michael Pritchard at the TED conference.
"…pure relief. The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout. The boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life."
1 With this new book I’m writing there are a lot of ideas I’m struggling over. Today’s bookwork told me that when you’re young and you’re writing you shouldn’t try to philosophize and say what everything “is.” If you’re any kind of healthy thinker, your definites today will betray you tomorrow….