The need to produce more agricultural products with less water and arable land will tempt a modernizing China to engage in crash programs of high tech farming that will prove radically unsustainable. (religion-online.org)
I got to the end of chapter eight, «This Is Not a Test,» and could discern only three reform ideas from Friedman: embark on an «all - hands - on - deck, no - holds - barred, no - budget - too - large crash program for science and engineering education»; make community college affordable for everyone; and scold parents into doing a better job. (educationnext.org)
After all, humans have a good track record at crash programs: the United States did O.K. after being jogged by Sputnik, Pearl Harbor and other surprises. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)