Garrett, Daniel H

“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.” Wendell Berry There is no greater beauty then the simultaneous resolution of multiple great problems, and this is where we are now. We are both at the brink of catastrophe, and on the edge of a new world: a new world where everyone is not just energy self-sufficient, but also an energy donor/entrepreneur when and if they so desire; a new world in which every child no matter where they are has access to the best medical care, and the best, most nurturing level of world class education; a new world of robust, resilient, and sustainable personal and community freedom; a new world in which the age-old conflict between human technologies and natural systems, has been resolved and human technologies have reached a higher level so as to be seamlessly embedded in of and with natural technologies. Recent Writings: “From a World Without Water to a Well-Watered World” DipNotes http://blogs.state.gov/2011/03/article/world-without-water-well-watered-world “False Friends and Moral Hazards” Phayul http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31731&article=False+Friends+and+Moral+Hazards+by+Daniel+Garrett&t=1&c=4 “Letter from an Unapologetic Alarmist” OpenDemocracy http://www.opendemocracy.net/daniel-h-garrett/letter-from-unapologetic-alarmist “Once Upon a Foggy Bottom” Truth-Out http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/14918-once-upon-a-foggy-bottom “Parties to Genocide” Truth-Out http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/14964-parties-to-genocide "An Exchange on US-Japan Relations" Japan Focus http://www.japanfocus.org/events/view/192 "A View from the 9th Floor" Japan Focus http://www.japanfocus.org/-D_H_-Garrett/4006