On the drive to the farm we pass a few usual sights. The cow, fence, cow, "OO OO BARN," cow, fence, cow ruetine. The little chapel. The field with random trenches that thousands of stories have been told from. The yard that you have to wonder if another car could ever fit in. The amazing shake stop where ALL the locals hang out at night. Then the hill down to the gravel road up to the farm.
I have a confession to make. I would actually like to keep our world healthy.
I know, most of you are sitting there thinking - ok, so? Big deal. Tons of people do. In fact, I think that guy down the street no one talks too wants to save the earth. So do I! I give donations to....and thats when I cut ya'll off.
The world today is changing rapidly and in a very different way from any other time in history. Issues that are important to us can no longer be just our thing, we are too connected with other parts of the world to pretend that every culture doesn't play a direct role in our own lives. In particular, the urbanization trend shows an incredible shift in world power to city governments, it strengthens the voice of the common man. More than any other time in history, people today can be mobilized to acheive incredible goals...here's part of why.
The following blog is partial taken from the book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. There argument will be placed in part 1 and mine will follow in part 2. I will not cite any sources in part 1 b/c i am telling you now that it is from Freakonomics, see their cites if you have questions.
Part 1
