And what were doing when we burn fossil fuels, is that we are taking carbon that was buried under the earth over the course of hundreds of millions of years, and we are transferring it back up into the atmosphere. So were basically running geological history backwards and at a very high speed. Were taking a process that took hundreds of millions of years to run in one direction, and were running it in the other direction in a matter of centuries. And if you were an alien and you came to visit the earth, you could easily conclude that what were doing, that the fundamental purpose of modern industrialized society, is to affect this transfer as quickly as possible. To see how much carbon we can get out of the ground and put up into the air and how fast we can do it. And thats a look at some of the chicago tribunes top books for 2014. To link to the full list and to see other publications selections, visit booktv. Org. Okay, now its time for hillary. You wrote that she captured your attent
The government of bhutan, i should say the king of bhutan about 30 years ago realized that a process of development, of economic development, was great. It would pull millions of people out of poverty. People wouldnt starve to death, but it wasnt enough for human flourishing. So instead of counting narrowly the amount of money people had per capita, he had the idea of trying to measure the amount of happiness. He started an index called Gross National happiness. Thats wher he started an index called Gross National happiness. That is where the expression comes from. Host what did he find . Guest a lot of measures of Economic Growth are great and the determinate for living the good life but not sufficient so cultural integrity, family values, being able to maintain ones faith in god, these other things people need for flourishing lives and in so doing, developing country has a lot of lessons. Host can you measure happiness the economic success . Guest no. We can find predetermined for a
At walmart. I remember thinking, im a desperate author but not quite that desperate. It turned out it was a fraudulent charge and had nothing to do with my book, though you think about it, if someone had stolen my credit card to buy my book that might have been the perfect crime. But for me personally, the most interesting aspect of this episode is that my wife noticed the fraudulent charge immediately. And its because she monitors our credit card like a hawk. I never would have noticed this charge. If i had it would have been months and months later. She noticed it almost in real time. Several months ago i was out of touch for a while, i came home, and my wife said, i hadnt heard from you for hours, but i wasnt worried because i knew you were at the bar watching the hockey game. Literally every beer i was buying coming up on the screen, and i know some of you are worried about the nsa creating a 24hour surveillance state, dont worry, ive been married 2 1 2 years, you get used to it. I
Frankly i did my time, i did it like a man, i paid the price and the law says i can run and im running. Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We begin with the secret service. Director pierson offered her resignation today because she believed that it was in the best interest of the agency to which she has dedicated her career. Sreenivasan from White House Press secretary josh earnest, the official announcement this afternoon, pierson offered to resign, and th
Frankly i did my time, i did it like a man, i paid the price and the law says i can run and im running. Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We begin with the secret service. Director pierson offered her resignation today because she believed that it was in the best interest of the agency to which she has dedicated her career. Sreenivasan from White House Press secretary josh earnest, the official announcement this afternoon, pierson offered to resign, and th