Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Twain of thought rolls on, and meets…data and environmental policy
“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.” – Mark Twain Yesterday’s post looked at Census data. We saw...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Today’s Twain of thought – and its bearing on tomorrow’s elections.
“Get your facts first; then you can distort them as you please” – Mark Twain We are quick to see...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Triage
Triage[1]. Familiar with the term? It comes from the medical world. In wartime, or following a disaster, a hospital’s facilities...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Ask not what you can do for your ecosystem…ask what your ecosystem can do for you!
Over the past half-century or so, a new notion has emerged, and a wonderful new term has entered the lexicon:...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Full-cost accounting
Chances are you’ve grown cynical about discounts. You harbor the suspicion that the vendor has artificially marked up the retail...
Perspectives
…but not THE Bomb
Editor’s note: Having just posted on the record-setting central U.S. bomb below, it’s only fair to hear immediately from the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The score? What score? You mean someone’s keeping score?
“He doesn’t know the score.” Years ago, when people wanted to belittle someone, to draw attention to his lack of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Sustainability? Problematic not just in concept but also in execution.
The execution. Sustainable development, in the implementation, is seriously flawed, at all levels. You feel guilty, don’t you? You should....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Sustainability? An oxymoron. We can only buy time.
We lack (and rather urgently need) a holistic approach to the real world. In fact, here’s the ideal: in every...
Across AMS, Perspectives
Michio Yanai, 1934-2010
by Robert Fovell, UCLA, and Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue Univ. Professor Michio Yanai passed away suddenly at his home in Santa...
