"Drive for sustainable mobility" (You're kidding me, right?)

What a great idea! Fresh from the ever-busy "You're kidding me, right?" Department" of World Streets, this title headlined an article appearing today in the "environment" section of a UK journal. No kidding!

For the full text of this thoughtful piece, you may click to http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/the-environment/2010/05/19/we-all-value-our-mobility-the-ability-to-move-around-freely-and-quickly-to-do-the-things-we-want-and-need-to-do-84229-26477125/

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We need both blue-sky speculation and hard nosed planning

Alison Gopnik, Professor of psychology at Berkeley, author of "The Philosophical Baby" on the differences between minds that explore and exploit.

She makes the point that: "Each kind of intelligence has benefits and drawbacks. Focus and planning get you to your goal more quickly, but may also lock in what you already know, closing you off to alternative possibilities."

Thank you Alison. We take note.

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This article on "World Streets in China" (working site at www.china.worldstreets.org ) is being extensively commented and reviewed before publication.

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