“It’s a new, global knowledge economy. Dealing with that is going to be a pretty major policy question for the next president – one that affects the pocketbook of every American. When you add global warming, the healthcare crisis, biotechnology, and transportation, it starts looking like many of the major issues the next president will face are not being seriously debated,” said Otto. “That’s why a leading organization like the AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, is signing onto our citizen initiative.”(emphasis added)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
AAAS Supports Science Debate
American Association for the Advancement of Science today announced that it has joined a major effort to mount a presidential debate on science, technology and the economy.
Thanks for the post, MT! I have to admit, I get some of my best updates, several of which I then pass along, from your blog.
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