Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Posted on 11 September 2017 by Thomas L. Friedman

In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas L Friedman speaks to America s urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world s middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet one that is hot, flat, and crowded In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy And it could inspire Americans to something we haven t seen in a long time nation building in America by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L Friedman fearless, incisive, forward looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge and the promise of the future. 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Friedman – kino-fada.fr I haven t finished this book, but I feel like there are a few examples that if I don t get down, I will forget, and they illustrate how I feel about this book well.First off, I d like to mention that if this was a fiction book, it would get one star Having recently ventured into the nonfiction categoryand , and having been so pleased with Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, and Bob Woodward, I took a recommendation and bought this hefty little bugger.What I wasn t expecting is that the style w I haven t finished this book, but I feel like there are a few examples that if I don t get down, I will forget...This book shows Tom Friedman at the top of his game Friedman is always good at eliciting insightful information from a vast number of interviews The task he sets for himself here could be daunting to others integrate the global economic revolution with the climate change evolution and this world s burgeoning population in order to view realistically the options for our species The fact that his solution is not simple b...Not a quick read to take to the beach on a summer afternoon, but the topic and ideas presented are too important to ignore People sometimes quickly dismiss books about environmental issues, assuming it will lead to the condemning of science, technology, and societal advances, instead proposing a regression toward a simpler 1800 s style lifestyle What makes the book different to me is that Friedman has researched and described solutions which exist, have been proven, make both environmental as Not a quick read to take to the beach on a summer afternoon, but the topic and ideas presented are too important to ignore People sometimes quickly dismiss books about environmental issues, assuming it will lead to the condemning of science, technology, and societal advances, instead proposing a regression toward a simpler 1800 s style lifestyle What makes the book different to me is that Friedman has researched and described solutions which exist, have been proven, make both environmental as well as economic sense In 2008, the U.S has faced significant downturns in the housing market, the stock market, banking, a continuing energy crisis, volatile and soaring gasoline prices, Detroit now stuck with 20th century vehicles no longer suitable for the 21st century, soaring budget deficits, and a do nothing Congress locked in ideological finger pointing Perhaps the culmination of all these problems arising at the same time is that the public will read this book and c...In two words we re screwed I had a feeling this was the case but this book really paints a vivid picture of our screw dness According to Friedman all the stars really need to align, and fast, in order for us humans to reverse global warming and not go extinct Here s what needs to happen 1 The US needs to get our heads out of our pants and start pumping tons of money both private and public into green energy 2 The US needs to enstate a gas floor so that gas prices cannot go below say In two words we...If you know a fair amount already about the current ecological environmental situation of our world, I recommend skimming if not skipping the entire first half of the book As for the second half, Friedman has good points about how to change policy, encourage technology, etc to solve our problems However, my biggest issue with this book is how talky it was 100 pages easily could have been trimmed off the four hundred pages Friedman likes examples and anectdotes, LOTS of them I often found t If you know a fair amount already about the current ecological environmental situation of our world, I recommend skimming if not skipping the entire first half of the book As for the second half, Friedman has good points about how to change policy, encourage technology, etc to solve our problems However, my biggest issue ...Thomas L Friedman c ng v i N ng, Ph ng, Ch t l cu n s ch nh c m nh nh l i r ng vi c c nonfic m i vui th l m sao V th l 4 cho n i dung v 1 cho ni m vui m cu n s ch n y mang l i trong m i gi ng y trong su t m t tu n qua Nh n ti n s 1, v c n c ang r m r b n vi c c i t ch vi t ti ng Vi t, m nh c ng xin th th g p M T ki n l ph i ch ng ta n ...After half a dozen false starts, I ve figured out that I don t have a clever way to summarize Friedman s environmental opus Hot, Flat and crowded But I did find that in my read through I d marked ten sections I found particularly illuminating and so with apologies to David Letterman I d like to present my review using Friedman s own words, with some editing.The top ten quotes that indicate Hot, Flat, and Crowded is worth a read 10 15 to 20 percent of all primates have been described by scie After half a dozen false starts, I ve figured out that I don t have a clever way to summarize Friedman s environmental opus Hot, Flat and crowded But I did find that in my read through I d marked ten sections I found particularly illuminating and so with apologies to David Letterman I d like to present my review using Friedman s own words, with some editing.The top ten quotes that indicate Hot, Flat, and Crowded is worth a read 10...Much as Michael Pollan s In the Defense of Food was a logical sequel to The Omnivore s Dilemma, this latest current affairs book by Friedman is the logical next step after reading The World is Flat, Friedman s last treatise on the nature of a post industrial world in which brain power and a better educated populace will define the future of the world In this passionately articulated follow up, Friedman details and argues for a green revolution that needs to take hold of America if it hopes to r Much as Michael Pollan s In the Defense of Food was a logical sequel to The Omnivore s Dilemma, this latest current affairs book by Friedman is the logical next step after reading The World is Flat,...My second time to read a book by Thomas L Friedman born 1953 He is an American columnist New York Times Foreign Affairs , journalist and author The first book I read by him was The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty first Century tbr but I was not able to finish it because a former colleague borrowed and did not return it But since the world is flat, I hope the book will find its way back to me Hah.Anyway, Friedman still discusses globalization main theme of The World is Fla My second time to read a book by Thomas L Friedman born 1953 He is an American columnist New York Times Foreign Affairs , journalist and author The first book I read by him was The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty first Century tbr but I was not able to finish it because a former colleague borrowed and did not return it But since the world is flat, I hope the book will find its way back to me Hah.Anyway, Friedman still discusses globalization main theme of The World is Flat here Aside from that, though, he also shows how it flat is impacted by global warming that s why there is hot in the title and high population crowded.There are many informative and insightful points that Friedman raise...This book states what is wrong with the energy world and ways to fix it Mr Friedman correctly addresses the energy issues as problematic The best information in this book is his terrorist causing theory He states that Saudi Arabian extremely wealthy oil barrens are responsible for funding Al Qaeda a...

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11 September 2017

Thomas L. Friedman