I don’t think they considered the kids here. Honestly. It seems like something someone who’s already watched all the cartoons would be fun to make.

but wow is it really terrible.

my shoes feel more well tied for sure.

Amanda, thanks for your response. So, do you happen to know what the average ridership of a Prius is assumed at? Same for the bus and amtrak?

I will say, i can’t remember the last flight i was on that wasn’t at least 90% sold out, whereas cars and trains always have extra seats. Buses actually seem to stay fairly full from my experience.

So, do we squat on the toilet seat? that seems dangerous. This also reminds me of this wonderful dialog: http://anonymouspostcard.org/detail.php?recordid=612

Totally fascinating. I feel like people have been railing against air travel as the worst carbon offender for some time now, and yet here, this seems to show an Alaska Air flight as more fuel efficient than a prius!? and a bus and amtrack ride!?!?

That goes against all prevailing wisdom, no? Isn’t train travel the most efficient? I feel confused.

Can anyone help clarify here?

This is the most terrifying thing with the friendliest graphics that perhaps i’ve ever seen.

Wow. Between this and Andrew’s other post on the Mario Kart symbols on the Portland bike lane, this is a pretty good day for cheeky transportation interventions.

Way to go Portland!

I just stumbled across Diner Journal at Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Mass a couple weeks ago and meant to subscribe. Its cool to see it here.

Wow. Way to go Emile Hirsch. That was indeed some deft analysis. Probably some of the better first person reporting I’ve read of any scenario in a little while.

Like it or not, i’d content the real value of a school like Harvard is less the classes one is in than the networks one can establish with classmates, faculty, and alumni. So, if the future of lectures is free and something like TED, which makes sense to me, i wonder what opportunities will develop for people to pay for so they may establish lasting networks that drive real value to them – socially as well as professionally. And I don’t think conferences quite do that.

“Mr. President, all you have to do is move half of one-percent from [our budget on the war in afghanistan] to [our budget on education in afghanistan] and every child in afghanistan will have a connected laptop in less than 18 months… And that’s what the United States would be remembered for.”

Awesome. And always frustrating that the inertia against such seemingly logical ideas can be so great.

Yes. I agree with him. This totally makes sense to me.

There’s still a huge and vital role in getting together with others as a means to education. But textbooks and even lectures as having anything to do with a fixed location, feels very outdated.