每日一歌:Jack Savoretti-《Russian Roulette》(选自专辑《Harder Than Easy》)
How I survived the massacre
I’ll never understand
I fought the fight as strong and hard as any other man
Yet I return as hero
While they return as ghosts
A heavy burden on the hearts of those they love the most
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Now my reward is peace and quiet
Of both I’m never sure
The sound of silence scares me senseless
Ever since the war
I drink away my memories
Too vicious to be told
The hollow heart I carry now is no good for my soul
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
Take me
Back to the place where I used to be
Before I lived a lifetime
Show me
All of the love that I used to see
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
In the eyes of this lonely lover of mine
有人说,自从人类发明了城市,天堂就消失了。可我觉得,城市的天堂不在天上,而在地下,地铁就是通向天堂的阶梯。国学大师们肯定最爱地铁,因为地铁“接地气”嘛。地铁是看人的好地方,是一个城市最鲜活的场所。我坐过很多城市的地铁,北京、上海、香港、台北、伦敦、纽约、旧金山、巴黎、柏林、哥本哈根、布宜诺斯艾利斯、里约热内卢……所有的地铁我都喜欢,尤其是London Underground和New York Subway,聚集了从银行家到饭馆大厨在内所有阶层的人,有一种不分贵贱一律平等的感觉。每次我坐伦敦地铁的时候,都会对人类增加一点信心。
接着说。不发展可持续能源的话还能怎么办?无非就是多烧煤呗,其结果就是温室气体浓度上升,“很可能”带来全球气候变化。牛博上的一批经济学家们又说了,气候变化还是个未被证明的假说,凭什么让我们从现在就开始勒紧裤腰带?其实还有一批经济学家比他们想得更远。我采访过前世界银行首席经济学家尼古拉斯•斯特恩爵士(Lord Nicholas Stern),他主持撰写的《斯特恩报告》正是从经济的角度计算了“如果现在不花钱减排的话,将来会不会花钱更多”这个纯经济学问题。他计算的结果是,现在减排可以把成本控制在GDP的1-2%,但如果等到出了问题再花钱解决,那么将要花费5-20%的GDP。所以说,气候问题完全可以转化成经济问题,但必须把眼光放远点,否则现在占小便宜,将来吃大亏,这可不是一个好的经济学家做出来的事情。