What Would He Say Today? Einstein in 2009

Albert Einstein is to this day considered one of the most brilliant men in history, his theories still seem to hold up to day in the scientific courts. Indeed, many of his own theories that he was skeptical of continue to amaze modern day scientists who are engaged in scientific experiments to get at those truths. Einstein is also one of the most quoted people in history ranking up there with Muhammad, FDR, Winston Churchill, Plato, Gandhi, Confucius and Sun Tzu.

The question recently posed at the Online Think Tank was, if Einstein were alive today, what would he think and what would he say? What words of wisdom would he depart on the economic situation, global economy, and modern day physics? If you look at many of his quotes he appears to have already predicted much of what is today, similar to the recently departed Arthur C Clarke predicted our future, which keeps unfolding nicely, right along with his major science fiction works.

Are we chasing Einstein's dream, Plato's Utopia and Arthur C. Clark's science fiction, or did they like Nostradamus simply study their history, watched for repeating patterns and come up with the plausible future based on mankind's dreams, imagination, and inspiration while factoring in humankind's flaws, perseverance and ignorance?

What would Einstein have said about this current election process? Would he have said something like; "Politics is no way to run mankind's affairs" or "Neither Capitalism or Communism is perfect, a hybrid of those and other theories maybe the answer?" Einstein in 2009, wouldn't it be great to peer once again into that mind?