Predictors of things to come

People in Northern Vietnam scrambled  inside a purportedly sacred Temple after Lunar New Year to seek favor from the gods. Last year, in Cambodia, a similar occasion resulted in stampede and hundreds of deaths on the bridge. In seeking grace, they found their graves.

Our bio-tech century offers different versions for health and happiness. We have our glucose test, cholesterol test and blood pressure test (and a bunch of other shots, among which, malaria – the Gates’ gift to the world). Trees that “glow” in the dark (Party trees?)

I read about a tribe which holds its annual physical by shaking the village tree.

If the elder man could not hold on, he would drop dead, hence, take less subsistence from the common pot. If lived on, he is allowed to hunt in pack.

While the Middle East tribes attempt to “shake up” its entrenched leadership, here at home, there…