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Sun seeks to increase and boost corporate blogging

Reminds me that great helmsman, Chairman Mao, when he encouraged Chinese intellectuals to express themselves. Shortly afterwards came one of his infamous cultural revolutions where he discovered that, in actual fact, his omlette needed a lot more broken eggs. But go ahead, Sunnites, you who have more faith in your management than the rest of us, blog away to your little hearts' content.

Ok, the project is back on track after a long drought.

+5 Comments here and here attracting moderator favour. As always, correct and re-use at your pleasure.

I do admit that the first must have been a timing thing because it wasn't very original, but then, that's the point of this project, remember?

Those Sun guys are a bit touchy. The responses to the 2nd comment and ensuing conversation at least show passion. The fact is, they're still wrong.

How on earth did Clinton come up with the same title for his autobiographical work as Adolf Hitler?

Are there laws in Germany that will preclude its publication in that country?

Answers on the back of a postcard - please.

I'm not a big fan of Bjorn Lomborg, or at least the manner in which his populist "Skeptical Environmentalist" is usually mis-presented. Too often, the glib assumptions and misrepresentation of data Lomborg accuses others of is evident in his own work (and those that use it for citations).

That being said, I like the look of this Copenhagen Consensus project he has sponsored - which looks at how to "set priorities among a range of ideas for improving the lives of people living in developing countries".

I do agree that control of HIV/AIDS has got to be one of the biggest challenges, particularly in Africa where so much the already small institutional capacity has been wiped out by the disease.

Equally, terms of trade for agricultural produce has got to be changed. When will the average person in the street in the West wake up, subsidising inefficient, western producers is not only poisoning us, robbing us of huge amounts of tax, increasing the cost of basic produce - it's condemning the rest of the world to to grinding poverty.

I see from The Economist that their list doesn't gain much support from environmentalist. There is a tendancy for this group (which which I sometimes associate myself) to ignore the immediate and pressing needs of the human race, and on the face of things to act as a protectionist lobby for western workers.

Yes, global warming is a concern, yes carbon emissions are important issues - but more important than aids, malaria, starvation - I don't think so.

RevMike still has me on his "friends" list. I wait with bated breath for the final cut. Note to self, must make more journal entries...

Have you made the final cut?