Thomas Friedman at a lunch in the college's 900 Room. (David Boraks photo)

New York Times columnist and award-winning author Thomas Friedman was at Davidson College Tuesday for a lunch, book-signing and lecture titled “Hot, Flat and Crowded, An Update.” He answered questions at a lunch for invited guests at midday, in the college union’s 900 Room. His public lecture was scheduled at 2:30 p.m., and was sold out. Read our live comments from Mr. Friedman’s appearances on Twitter, where we’re @DavNews.

@DavNews’s Friedman feed

Here’s a transcript of our Twitter feed during Mr. Friedman’s lunch and lecture Tuesday (reverse chronological order, as they were written):

Lecture:

# Friedman ends lecture w/quote from end of his book: “We have exactly enough time, starting now.” 15:41 via mobile web

# Friedman: Motto: change your leaders, not your lightbulbs. New leaders will rewrite rules to bring new green revolution. 15:31 from mobile web

# Friedman: What we have is not a green revolution, it’s a party. We’ll know it’s a revo when companies must change or die, “green” disappears. 15:23  from mobile web

# Friedman at #Davidson College: energy technology (ET) is the new IT. U.S. needs to build an ET industry, and to redefine ‘green 15:14 from mobile web

# Friedman: To solve world’s problems, we can’t delay. “The word ‘later’ is officially over.” Need: Cheap clean energy. 15:10 from mobile web

# Friedman at #Davidson Coll.: As world grows & w/it the # of regions aspiring to be like us, we have to find a way to live differently. 15:10 from mobile web

# Friedman: Think of America as a unit of measure, 1 “Americum” = 300m people living like us. Once the world had 3 of these. Now 9 and growing. 14:55 from mobile web

# Friedman: Our challenges – global warming, rising world middle class living unsustainable lifestyles, world pop. growth. 14:48 from mobile web
# Tom Friedman: My book is really about America and how it has lost its groove. Problems stem from world becoming hot flat & crowded 14:40 from mobile web

# At #Davidson College: author Tom Friedman lecturing on “Hot, Flat and Crowded – An Update.” 14:34 from mobile web

Lunch Q&A with Davidson students, trustee, alums

# T Friedman, asked abt Fox news: “I look at it (as) entertainment. It’s a lot like all-star wrestling.” All that’s missing is a guy in a Tarzan suit. 13:31 from mobile web

# Tom Friedman: We need to do nation-building at home (not in Afghanistan). … That’s why Obama was elected and must be a priority. 13:24 from mobile web

# Friedman on Afghanistan: Afghans have to want change. It’s not up to U.S. 13:23 from mobile web

# Tom Friedman on ‘Hot Flat & Crowded’: Even if people don’t believe global warming (the hot) – flat & crowded are still global problems. 13:19 from mobile web

# We’re at Tom Friedman lunch at #Davidson College, where he’s taking questions. 13:12 from mobile web