So Six Drivers. Sounds almost sexy. Six ≈ sex, and driver seems like a way to refer to one's chakra in old songs like "Me and My Chauffeur Blues."
That's all I have to say because I haven't read the book. It just came out
January 30, 2013
Instapundit reviews Al Gore's new book.
The book is "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change." Yeesh. What a title. Drivers. But he couldn't just call it "The Future." That would be dumb. And people love lists. Lists make it seem possible to read a whole book.
So Six Drivers. Sounds almost sexy. Six ≈ sex, and driver seems like a way to refer to one's chakra in old songs like "Me and My Chauffeur Blues."
That's all I have to say because I haven't read the book. It just came outtoday yesterday. Instapundit got to drive into the future, and having read "The Future," can give a substantive account. So go read his review. It's mixed.
So Six Drivers. Sounds almost sexy. Six ≈ sex, and driver seems like a way to refer to one's chakra in old songs like "Me and My Chauffeur Blues."
That's all I have to say because I haven't read the book. It just came out
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Wasn't it about ten years ago that Al warned us that we had only ten years left to do something to reverse global warming, or it would become irreversible? I guess we fucked it up. If only he had harangued us more, we could have done it.
Just came out today? What, did I time-travel last night at the library?
(All I have to say -- I didn't check the book out.)
Without reading it of course, I'll just say that Al Gore does not have a history of enlightening as much as lying, so I'd be skipping it, even if I did read books.
Came out yesterday.
Sorry.
Misjudged today's date.
Gore's on my "don't bother" list. In a fit of trying to discover the arguments on both sides of anthropogenic global warming, I bought and read An Inconvenient Truth. Fantastically stupid and dishonest.
I don't need a driver. At my age, a putter is sufficient to hole out.....Can you imagine a life so bereft of meaning or entertainment that one actually reads an Al Gore book? There should be so non-profit, voluntary program to help purchasers of Al Gore books recover the savor of life.
Tear down the walls! Change everything! Me? Oh, I'm safe within my gates.
Aside from the fact that it appears to be nothing all that new or interesting, and probably rates as equivalent to a college level research paper (copy-paste-copy-paste), its Al Gore.
He's been so perceptive and far-sighted up to now.
/sarc
Ann Althouse said...
So Six Drivers. Sounds almost sexy. Six ≈ sex, and driver seems like a way to refer to one's chakra in old songs like "Me and My Chauffeur Blues."
Or "Lady Chatterly's Lover" (or something).
Everything's reminding you of sex, are you feeling all right?
Tear down the walls! Change everything! Me? Oh, I'm safe within my gates.
Amen.
This book may have something of a Anthropophobic theme.
Everything's reminding you of sex, are you feeling all right?
Nah, she's just trying too hard to be funny. (Professor-style.)
I'm pretty sure I read Megatrends when it first came out.
I did so purely out of a present sense of curiosity.
I knew I'd never profit from prophecy.
I wouldn't waste a penny on Al Gore's work.
The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change
As far as shaping the future, hasn't Al Gore pretty much been a backseat driver and opportunist all his life?
"Gore's on my "don't bother" list. In a fit of trying to discover the arguments on both sides of anthropogenic global warming, I bought and read An Inconvenient Truth. Fantastically stupid and dishonest."
That gave me a flashback: I bought Gore's "Reinventing Government" report in book form. Back in the day's when I used to hang out at my local Border's until some bookstore induced madness led me to buy a stack of books that I believed in the vision of myself reading.
You know what I'd like? Full disclosure on authorship of books. Did you write it? Have substantial editorial or research help? Sit down for a couple interviews with the author? Or just attach your name to the finished product?
"The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change"
This is such an obvious ripoff of Niall Ferguson's "Civilization: The West and the Rest" wherein Ferguson describes the 6 "killer apps" (concepts/ideas......"drivers" if you will) that drove Western Civilization's success over other civilizations.
With algore, like many lefty icons, there really is no "there" there.
"Back in the day's when I used to hang out at my local Border's . . ."
Jeez, two in one sentence. Are you planning to be a greengrocer in your retirement?
I'd just as soon have a colonoscopy without anesthesia than read an Al Gore book, even a free copy. I wouldn't have one if you gave me two.
I can't believe he didn't go with "Six Degrees of Global Change" as the subtitle.
"Back in the day's when I used to hang out at my local Border's . . ."
Gahhhhh! Apostrophe abuse!
Chip S. said...
I can't believe he didn't go with "Six Degrees of Global Change" as the subtitle.
I'm surprised he didn't call it "50 Shades of Global Change." He's a whore.
Gore (finally) lists population growth as a cause of climate change. When did he discover this? He didn't mention over-population as a problem in "An Inconvenient Truth." But then he couldn't. It would offend people who favor illegal immigration and open borders.
Everything's reminding you of sex, are you feeling all right?
edutcher 1/30/13, 9:21 AM
No, she's a little punchy. She hasn't been able to sleep ever since I described how she'd look, bent over a pool table with a pencil in her teeth. I didn't even get to the stockings, let alone the...
Sorry, I do not read lies by liars.
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