Prometheus 6

There's this guy, Mark Safranski who really ought to piss me off. but doesn't. Probably because we came to pretty good terms on an outreach program his people are connected with. We don't have the same positions, but I think we have similar attitudes toward our own opinions.

Mark spammed me this weekend about a "roundtable" he was having on his blog.

I'm running a very special symposium the next three days with a mix of academics, journalists and bloggers on the theme of Globalization and War. Participating in this roundtable are:

Austin Bay

Bruce Kesler

Dr. Doug Macdonald of Colgate University

Dr. RJ Rummel of the University of Hawaii

Simon of Simon World

Dr. Sam Crane of Williams College

Chester of The Adventures of Chester

Paul D. Kretkowski of Beacon

I decided to take it all in at one sitting because I was supposed to be coding and working on something I am procrastinating about as we speak but that I will begin tonight, dammit.

ahem

Anyway, you should read it to get a view of the issues of Globalization and War (an inevitable juxtaposition, I'm afraid) through mainstream eyes. This is the post with the links to all the others, if you're interested. 

And you should be interested. These are the things that drive many of the decisions that piss us off. Understanding their understanding completes your understanding.