Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Steve and his team have done an incredible job in making Apple once again the very best in the world. I have been particularly impressed with the new Mac OS X operating system and the company's commitment to the open source movement. And I am especially looking forward to working with and learning from the great board members who have guided this legendary company's inspiring resurgence.

There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.

I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.

If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.