Tom --

Love your work and your blog. But in the entry referenced above, let me offer some clarification.

You write:

"I'm just wondering-in the manner of that Feb Wired article by Pinker, was it?-whether or not the rather ritualistic cries of America is "falling dangerously behind" that we seem to get every time our economy slows down relative to the up-and-coming high-fliers are any more profound or correct than they were last time, or the time before that, or the one before even that one."

That Feb. Wired article (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.02/brain.html) is by Pink, not Pinker. It's by me, not the somewhat similarly named cognitive scientist at Harvard. What's more, that article is drawn from a book, A WHOLE NEW MIND, that I think you'll enjoy. More info on my site: www.danpink.com

Keep up the great work!

Cheers,

Dan Pink

www.danpink.com