Daily Archives: 11/28/2010

(Community Matters) Bill Gates in the WSJ on The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, one of my kindle downloads for this trip.

the key to rising prosperity over the course of human history has been the exchange of goods.

The second key idea in the book is, of course, “rational optimism.” As Mr. Ridley shows, there have been constant predictions of a bleak future throughout human history, but they haven’t come true.

(Community Matters) Arrived Hong Kong last night – just an overnighter on way to Kuala Lumpur for nearly two weeks.  We’ll return on the 10th for a couple of nights in one of my favorite cities.

Uneventful flight over.  Lots of catching up reading the Economists – I’m still struggling to better understand globalization’s role in our likely economic recovery as well as what’s “fair” taxation.

Much enjoyed Grishom’s latest, Confession.