Olafur Grimsson: Iceland Bounces Back

Here is a first for me... scribing for a president!


 President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

from PopTech.org:

Olafur Grimsson: Iceland Bounces Back
It's not every day that a president comes to Maine.
Ólafur Grímsson, Iceland's fifth and current president, gave a much-anticipated talk on Iceland's challenges since its economic collapse in October of 2008. Shortly thereafter, two consecutive volcano eruptions stalled international air traffic, spewed tons of ash into the air and generally wrought additional mayhem to an already belabored country. "Despite all our technological innovation," says Grímsson, "we learned we are not masters of our universe."

It was an honor and a relief to hear a world leader speak candidly about these issues.