President's State of the Union

A Wordle of the President's State of the Union address is given below.

I found this particular configuration of Wordle interesting because it put people at the top with everything else hanging from the people. When you get past the words like America, American, Americans and government, the next most frequently used words were new, years, make, jobs, work, know, future. There was a clear emphasis on new.

Innovation was mentioned frequently, nestled in this Wordle with nation, jobs, spending, workers, economy and hard, among others.

I've been working on innovation for 50 years, and it was nice to see in mentioned as often as it was.

Now, are we ready to actually work on being innovative, or are we going to argue about it?

Link to Official State of the Union web site with video, full text with interactive features..

Click the image below to see the Wordle.

Critical State Complexity

"we’ve connected things so tightly to each other that small failures in one place vibrate throughout the entire system. If America’s dumb decision to use a fraction of its corn crop for ethanol can help set off food riots in thirty-seven countries, or if a series of shortsighted bets on Nevada mortgages can double unemployment in China, we’ve let our systems intertwine too much. If our driving habits can move the monsoon off the Asian subcontinent or melt the Arctic..."

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

by Bill McKibben