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...their political sympathizers insist that climate change is the fault of the affluent who must atone for the sin of industrialization. No unnecessary travel, thermostats turned down, no luxury homes or supersized SUVs. This call for penance is combined with fantasies of sudden, miraculous technological change. Many too easily accept the argument that only by limiting economic growth can we achieve real solutions. This thinking is deeply misguided. First, the technological quick fix simply isn't coming, and second, it defies human nature, which responds better to incentives than to moralistic exhortation...
...Marcus likes to be a part of things from beginning to end. He even uses slang words before they’re popular.” Miller’s post-graduation plans, however, won’t involve the stage. He’s decided to accept a job offer in finance. “The best that can happen is that I enjoy it,” he says. “The worst is that I don’t, but have money to finance other projects I’m passionate about.” When...
...tries to relate everything to Schopenhauer to those guys in your entryway who never leave their room—managed the bizarre alchemy of the Harvard application and transformed a plethora of extracurricular and curricular achievements and one or two “outstanding” essays into an acceptance letter.Yet once you get to Harvard, this sequence has another name: The Comp. Apparently, those who make it into Harvard find the process of writing extensive applications, undergoing interviews, and waiting for long periods of time so stimulating that they feel compelled to replicate it as often as possible...
...Russia - officially declared on Monday that the four-month-long talks between Kosovo and Serbia have failed. From the beginning, it was clear that there was very little common ground between the parties: the Kosovo Albanians opted for nothing less than independence, while Serbs vowed that they would never accept it. Belgrade now says it is ready to retaliate against Kosovo if it tries to secede, as well as against any country that chooses to recognize...
...Kyoto needs to be "global," to use Kerry's word - meaning that some of the burden will have to be shared by developing nations whose rapid economic growth will make them responsible for the majority of future carbon emissions. China has continued to insist that it will not accept mandatory caps on emissions, which it sees as an unfair limit to its natural economic growth (a position essentially shared by Washington, which also opposes mandatory caps). One positive change from a decade ago, however, is that most developing nations know just how vulnerable they are to the consequences of climate...