Preparing for the worst

I just read an IEEE Spectrum article Preparing for the worst about a book "The Next Catastrophe: Reducing our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters".

excerpt:

He argues that the problem is being aggravated by the concentration of ­economic and political power, which tends to create targets and increase the magnitude of the disasters should something go wrong. Perrow cites as an example the world’s standardization on Microsoft Windows, which he compares to the dependence on a single crop, a blight on which could threaten the livelihoods of millions of people.

After reading the article I really want to read the book.

Caucus Night

I have been thinking of who I will caucus for tonight. I know it won't be Barak Obama or Hillary Clinton, because I don't think we've come far enough as a country, to elect a colored person or woman, to the presidency.

Bill Richardson seems to be a born leader.
I caucused for John Edwards last time, and I am seriously considering doing it again.
I have liked Joe Biden since I first saw him talk on a news show, and I think he would be an excellent president.

The others seem to me to be 'me too' candidates.


Update I chose to go with John Edwards.