Interesting times

Dear Colleagues

These are VERY interesting times ... and maybe they will set the direction for a wonderful tomorrow.

MAYBE!!

A huge number of people around the world are young ... many are quite well educated. Few have the wonderful gift of FREEDOM, and in this regard they are severely encumbered.

I live in the United States ... and while I have been a huge critic of all sorts of things in the United States, I am free to be critical. Maybe my criticisms will improve the state of the union ... or maybe nothing will happen. But the IDEA that I can be critical is a magnificent gift.

HOPEFULLY ... the era of repressive regimes is coming to an and.

HOPEFULLY ... real democracy is going to become the norm. Elections that merely facilitate the ongoing rule of a political elite who have little or no interest in the will of the people is hopefully coming to an end.

I am impressed by the value of education ... education that opens up possibilities. If the world uses what it has and what it knows there can be an amazing future. But do not wait for the established financial and political elite to make a great future possible.

Violence is likely ... it is the last resort of established regimes that really have nothing to offer. Theses regimes are very good at building their own wealth ... but building the wealth of the nation, they FAIL.

Time for change ... EVERYWHERE ... and especially time for change in the way we do metrics!!

Peter Burgess