tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477340016457488840.post3029612626665842968..comments2023-03-24T10:16:25.888-04:00Comments on ALS Spread the Word: Curts Pitch 4 ALS Goes Global!ALS Grumpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03197310566321587027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477340016457488840.post-7952834055989415152008-04-05T05:47:00.000-04:002008-04-05T05:47:00.000-04:00"The defining challenge of the 21st century will b..."The defining challenge of the 21st century will be to face the reality that humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet. We have reached the beginning of the century with 6.6 billion people living in an interconnected global economy producing an astounding $60 trillion of output each year. Human beings fill every ecological niche on the planet, from the icy tundra to the tropical rain forests to the deserts. In some locations, societies have outstripped the carrying capacity of the land, resulting in chronic hunger, environmental degradation and a large-scale exodus of desperate populations. We are, in short, in one another's faces as never before, crowded into an interconnected society of global trade, migration, ideas and, yes, risk of pandemic diseases, terrorism, refugee movements and conflict. " - Jeffrey Sachs, Time, March 24, 2008<BR/><BR/><B>Curt Schilling seems to understand this. Why don't others catch on that this ALS is a global health problem that cries for a coordinated global commitment? We know that PALS can trip over things because of a nasty disease. The rest of us are tripping over a huge opportunity to address ALS globally and have no excuse. Go, Curt! You did more with a simple K ALS on your shoe than any communications campaign has ever delivered. You're showing us the way to a global commitment to address a global problem.</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com