Peter Brewster lauds the "hands dirty" accumen of our business "leaders". Their hands are dirty doing what, exactly? Are they acting in our interests or their own? How is making money a transferable skill? Is their wealth an indicator that they know how to make the world a better, more equitable place? Are they giving it 1 1/10 a percent as much thought as Homer-Dixon?

Goodlord, how did we get to a place where wealth accumulation is so much more prized than philosophical inquiry?!

I will give our business poobahs one pat on the back. Congartulations, you guys for actually being able to convince people that you are worth almost $10 million annually, according to the Business report on CEO salaries in The Star yesterday. Nice con!