Peter Carey: "The Chemistry of Tears"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-31/peter-carey-chemistry-tears
Australian author Peter Carey is one of only two novelists to win the prestigious Booker Prize twice. He is nothing if not prolific. Over the course of his 40-year career he has written 12 novels, a collection of short stories, numerous essays, a travelogue and two screenplays. Every new book is eagerly awaited by his multitude of fans around the world, who are drawn by his quirky characters and unlikely pairings. His latest book, “The Chemistry of Tears,” is no exception--it's a romance of the mind across time and technology.
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Peter Carey
author and two-time winner of the Man Booker award
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I am an Australian listening from Martha's Vineyard. If possible could you ask Peter Carey his opinion of Ned Kelly, having written a very entertaining book about him. Hero or crook?
Peter Carey made some very thoughtful comments re. economic growth:
"...you cannot look out the window and look at the color of the sky and not realize that we're living with the consequences of the industrial revolution. But our notions of GROWTH have become...totally bifurcated....we're still living with a 19th Century notion of economic GROWTH as being a good thing. So the news report with the last quarter figures were going -- we're experiencing a GROWTH of only three percent or whatever it is. And then on the other hand we know...GROTH is what is destroying us."
Sadly, before the DR Show features another such guest, the Show will almost certainly have countless guests who will express the credo that growth is the be all to end all. Indeed, it's a safe bet that tomorrow (5/31/12) the domestic hour of the Week in Review will include a segment during which some expert analyst (or, more likely, all 3 guests plus the host) will express great alarm over the Commerce Department's recent downward revision of 1st quarter growth of G.D.P. to 1.9%. That in spite of the fact that the U.S. economy has emitted more greenhouse gases than any other, and in spite of the fact that 1.9% growth would result in yet another doubling of the size of our economy in just 36 years.
Surely the DR Show can find guests with more imagination re. how to improve our overall well-being than the simple-minded pursuit of endless growth.