I’ve been reading “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” recently. Great book, on a topic that I’m personally passionate about (the corporate manipulation of developing nations for political and economic gain). I’ll probably recommend it to a bunch of friends. And then what?

The sad fact is, we’re hardwired to deal with emergencies. We’re biologically programmed to run from tigers. But when it comes to slow-moving, inexorably advancing walls of ice (like heart disease, greenhouse gases or even obesity), we’re basically useless.

Why? Because they don’t have a face. Read the rest of this entry »