Preamble: The Dilettante Boogie

Recently, a heretofore-climate-skeptic-business-person-that-would-be-leader oft quoted by the media lamented on the changing climate. The human condition, this newly minted environmentalist said, was the cause of energized storms, droughts, the migration of disease, and sea level rise. Worse, the predicament of people not paying attention to the changing climate–and implementing effective action–was also caused by humanity’s quirks. “We are failing,” said the dilettante, “at survival.” Further, “Something, anything, needs to be done to foster awareness lest we are burped off the planet.” Before dancing forward to declare how his companies’ products would help us.  Read more...

Responding to the crisis fostered by super storm Sandy, Traders Without Borders (TWB) has set up its first-ever US-based relief effort. TWB, better known for investment efforts in the third world, the development of foreign oil fields, snagging raw materials from the Earth behind the mask of dictatorships, subjugating indigenous populations, and plans to rape the Arctic. TWB has had a long history of stepping in when social clarity requires extraordinary efforts to secure seedy investments.  Read more...