Patience

Submitted by Michael on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 10:22

I've been wasting my time parrying with a high school acquaintance on Facebook the past couple of days, after he posted something about how stupid it is that bankrupt companies will be forced to make small, unsafe (but high-mileage) cars that nobody wants.

Nobody wants? Have you seen all the Priuses out there? Finally given the opportunity to buy a high-mileage (but not small, and not unsafe) car, they have flown out of showrooms. I don't say Priuses are the perfect car, but they are proof that a sizable market segment wants that kind of car. Compare that to Buicks, or the Ford Five Hundred. American car makers have fought for decades against higher efficiency standards, and now they're failing.

When I pointed this out, his reply was to ask me when I became such a hard-core socialist. I'm trying to reason with this guy,  and he's calling me frickin' names!

We have so much work to do.

Speaking at Commonwealth Club

I will be speaking on the topic of food addiction at the Commonwealth Club of California, the oldest public affairs forum in the country, on Feb. 28. I'll be joining a fabulous panel of researchers and clinicians: Nicole Avena of Princeton and the University of Florida, Eric Stice of the Oregon Research Institute, Vera Tarman of Renascent Center of Toronto, abd Elissa Epel and Andrea Garber, both of the University of California at San Francisco. I am very excited to be part of the roster, not to mention to be appearing at such a great institution. Ticket information here; if you come, please stay afterward to say hello.

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