Precise thinking

The CEO of Dow Chemical, who happens to be an Australian by birth, gave a speech (this is in PDF format and will download from the link) that reflects exactly my thinking about the state of the world. My friend, Dave Tommela, turned me on to the speech, so he's also a right thinking kind of guy.

Andrew Liveris's point of view is based on the idea that we are still the leading country in the world, still fundamentally interested in being the good guys, being productive, living a good life and being a member of the world community with a positive attitude. He defines our worst enemy as ourselves; our inability to get over ourselves and continue to move forward as we have in the past. I particularly love his one liner: "We seem to have a faith-based energy policy"

(The speech I've linked to is the actual transcript from the Detroit Economic Forum, posted at the web site for the California Manufacturers & Technology Association. The speech posted on the Dow Chemical web site is considerably watered down, an edited version of the speech published in something called "Michigan Forward", whatever that is. The actual speech is much more pointed and relevant than the edited version. Damned editors.)

Comments

[John S.]

Stewart,

By blogging about Unitus, Guy Kawasaki got me to
Google your name, because I remember reading
about Unitus a year or two ago and seeing you
quoted as being “a believer” in microcredit.

In your profile you say you need an editor to tell you
when to write?

As I remember in The Boston Computer Society my
writing was never better than after you had edited it.

Are you still helping Unitus?

John.

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/12/the_gift_of_giv.html#comments
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[John S.]

Stewart,
Thanks for Andrew Liveris's one liner "We seem to have a faith-based energy policy"
It got a "sounds-so-true-it-hurts" laugh when I quoted it to a friend.
John S