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Quote of the Day
Muscovites continue to buy (and steal,and
salvage, and order on eBay in North America, and ship to Finland) more cars
than [Mayor] Luzhkov can build roads to drive them on.
From "Stuck" by Keith Gessen, New Yorker ,
August 2, 2010
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Lesson
One:
In
the spirit of Bertrand Russell's Barber Paradox, George's Healthy Life Paradox:
Moderation in all things, including
Moderation.
Lesson Two:
What if every adult in China and India owns a car and starts driving
in a way comparable to every licensed driver in the U.S.?
Times Up: You get a wonderfully huge middle class. You also also
end up with no place left to stick your head in undisturbed sand.
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