When the world we live in shifts, our response to it changes. Right down to this blog. Let’s be specific:
This will be the last in the “Maps Change Things” series. Declining health requires that I give up this enjoyable way of keeping in touch with you on things that matter. Make no mistake: my farewell goes with deep appreciation for the connection we have.
In Why Geography Matters author and noted researcher Harm de Blij makes a dramatic point:
“The American public is the geographically most illiterate society of consequence on the planet.” Now hold on; there’s more. The timing is terrible, says de Blij, since in our day “United States power can affect countries and peoples around the world.”
WARNING: Planet Earth is not an atom. You can’t split it and hope to harvest new energy.
Hold that thought, please; we’ll return to it later.
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“I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor. Believe me: rich is better.”
If nobody ever said that, they should have! Who, given a choice, would opt for hunger pains over a good dinner? Being homeless over security, begging over earning an honest income?
Not everybody gets their wish.
