The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe:
“I am quite the international trader, it turns out.
“Earlier today I put on my made-in-Argentina jacket and my new made-in-India shoes and got into my made-in-Japan truck. I stopped for gas at a British petroleum station and chatted with its owner, a guy from Mexico. To help pay for it all, I taught my first class of the day — on a French philosopher, using a text translated into English by a Polish-American and printed in Canada — to a group of students, one-third of whom are from foreign countries.
“Then it was mid-morning and I needed a coffee break. Italian roast with Arabica beans from Rwanda, thank you very much …” [Read more here.]
Previous column in The Good Life series: Sex with Robots? The Ethics.