On July 8, 2008, I wrote:

Why are they smiling? Because they just set the first deadline for fixing the greatest global crisis of our age, and it’s 42 years away.

In 2050, Bush will be 104.

Merkel will be 96.

Fukuda will be 114.

Brown will be 99.

Sarkozy will be 95.

Harper will be 91.

Fradkov will be 100.

Berlusconi will be 114.

Think they’re going to stick around to see how it turns out?

In 2050, I will be 69 years old.  This is a blog that tells the tale of two worlds: the one we may inhabit if we do not take collective, strategic, and intelligent action immediately, and the other — which the leaders of the G8 would have us accept.