And you -- living in a globalized world your predecessors could barely have imagined -- could play a key role in taking that revolution around the world. Want a foreign policy that attracts instead of repels? What about working single-mindedly to make sure that before you leave office, every hut and hovel, every shack and shanty on Earth has a solar panel sitting on the roof, even if that roof is a sheet of tin? That's a goal that makes putting a man on the moon seem almost insignificant, and it's entirely possible. It wouldn't solve world poverty, but it would make a huge dent.
I'm not hugely hopeful you'll do these things. The Clinton brand has always been small-bore, play-it-safe, incremental. I'd guess you'll play your campaign, and your presidency, the same way that Obama has played his: to move the ball forward, to make some progress so that your successors can make some more.
Normally that's smart policy, but this is an unusual question. The underlying physics makes clear that either we make massive progress very soon, or our window disappears. Winning a little is the same as losing. We need you to think bigger.
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