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I see by the snailpapers that Thomas Friedman, visiting Taiwan this week, told his audience in Taipei: ” I’m gonna tell you a secret. Don't let anybody else know," he said. "There are too many Americans in the world today."It is a blessing that so many people in the world can live like Americans, Friedman said, but "the good Lord did not design our planet for this many Americans." http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/01/12/2003463307 CLIMADIPLOMACY: Visiting American writer Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times said “There are too many Americans in the world today.” But read the entire story LINK and below to see what he really meant by this remark at a lecture in Taipei City on January 11, 2010. Citing his book Hot, Flat and Crowded, Mr Friedman said the average global temperature had risen by almost 2ºC since the Industrial Revolution. Flat is Friedman's metaphor for a world in which more and more people can live a middle-class American lifestyle, have their jobs and drive their cars. "I'm gonna tell you a secret. Don't let anybody else know," he said. "There are too many Americans in the world today."It is a blessing that so many people in the world can live like Americans, Friedman said, but "the good Lord did not design our planet for this many Americans." |