>From the article: “....I don’t think people want to face the amount of work that would be involved.”
Any endeavour that secures an economic return requires an investment, involving either money, or time (i.e. work), or both. If America wants to secure its economic future in an almost totally metric world (and involving ever more metric nations that are getting ever more economically stronger), then metrication is not simply about a system of measurements that happens to be simpler, but is critical to America’s very survival, at least as a major superpower. THAT is the message that needs to be got across, and was missing in this article. John F-L Read more: http://failuremag.com/feature/article/for-good-measure/#ixzz2Gkk33xSw Read more: http://failuremag.com/feature/article/for-good-measure/#ixzz2Gkk33xSw From: Paul Trusten Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 6:58 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52089] USMA Interview in "Failure" Magazine http://failuremag.com/feature/article/for-good-measure/ At first, I was reluctant to have anything to do with talking metrication in a magazine called Failure, but, as I explained to Mr. Zasky, perhaps Failure will be a prodome to success for our goal. Now, THIS was the article we were expecting the Wall Street Journal to write! Paul Paul R. Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org [email protected] +1(432)528-7724 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5993 - Release Date: 12/28/12
