I ended up buying a C-Span CD of Brian Lamb's interview with Barnett. Its great and I highly recommend anyone interested in some solutions to world problems - as both Barnett and Rumsfeld are - get a copy.
What I would really like to see is C-Span run his "lecture" again so I could tape it - its got the "specific solutions" and "government organizational proposals" that the Lamb interview doesn't get into.
I first became aware of Barnett listening to CSPAN and looked him up. Then I felt really stupid that I didn't already know about him.
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A tape might be available from the C-SPAN archives. Do a bit of searching on their website.
I saw his "lecture" and the first thing that came to mind was that he had a bit more than a touch of arrogance. I'm not well enough versed to determine if he is right.
Perhaps only time will tell.
"Thomas Barnett is one of the brightest minds of our time."
At least you and Barnett think so.
They replayed one of his lectures this past weekend. I think he makes great sense.. So is this all because he actually thinks we might have to change to keep up with the chaning times???