Dear Remek, A few days ago, I saw a one-on-one talk on a similar theme broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) here in Australia. The speakers were Orville Schell and Thomas Friedman who are both extremely knowledgeable and intelligent journalists who know a lot about the Asia region.
Again this is not directly connected to the metric system but if there is to be better dialogue between the USA and ASIA then the metric system has to be the basis for much of this dialogue. I hope you like it. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/03/14, at 08:12 , Remek Kocz wrote: > Last week, Fareed Zakaria published an article in the Time magazine arguing > that America is in decline. This was followed up by a well-publicized > special on CNN that explored the topic over 60 minutes' time. Many reasons > for the decline and many more ideas to fix it were given. Reading the > article and watching the special, it was easy to see where a proposal to > adopt the metric system would have fit in perfectly. Unfortunately, this > time around Mr. Zakaria didn't mention the metric system. Too bad, it would > have made for a good boost to our cause. > > Here's the link to the article. It's relatively fresh, so I'd encourage > everyone to write in to Time or CNN telling them what we think about the > metric solution. > > http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2056610,00.html > > Remek Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
