Two Brainy Guys And Some Mince Pies
Always good to see things presented visually. It adds a perspective to the data that makes it more comprehensible. However, data and statistics are always open to different interpretations. I wish I felt as confident as Hans about the future. I don't think our current economic and political systems are designed to achieve the outcome he sees as 'fully possible'.
I could take a semantic scalpel to that phrase, and bang on about things being either possible or not possible, but that would be boring! Much more interesting to mention how Hans, despite being Swedish rather than German, reminded me of Professor Heinz Wolff, who became quite famous as the presenter of The Great Egg Race, a quirky science show on BBC2 television, in the 70s and 80s.
I can't find a video clip of it, but I remember the professor saying in an interview that, to him, his voice did not sound odd at all - he didn't hear an accent when he spoke. I think he must have been referring to listening in real time, while he was speaking 'live'. Listening to my recorded voice always surprises me slightly, because it sounds different to what I hear when I'm speaking 'live'. Here's the professor, in 2008, talking about the Large Hadron Collider and mince pies.
