Some live behind their times. Others ahead of them.
Tesla was definitely of the latter.
Wireless was his thing. Lincoln was another forward-thinker, enabler and en-actor of abolition.
Our next hero is poised to deliver us from oil dependency.
That day will come, as surely as the sun rises in the East and set in the West.
The Earth will heal itself and the penguins will have kept their playground.
Just zoom out from history and take a look.
Unintended consequences happened. Columbus got lost on his way to India.
Mr Watson, come here (first phone call).
Last Saturday, at BALQON, we heard from the owner himself how he had made history: EV tow-trucks.
It could be done. And being done (freeing up the National transport fleet from oil dependency, at least 75%).
To prepare for the future, one sacrifices the present.
Think of SEAL or SAT training etc…
One goal, one mind.
Fit for the future.
Nobody can beat the man whose mind was made up.
This is how he/she envisions the future.
And work backward from there.
What missing ingredients? What help to be solicited? Where would the resources be to make it happen?
Essentially, change agents are artists themselves: creating something out of nothing, ex-nihilo.
One main reason some of us don’t “fit in”, is because we are supposed to fit for other times.
We and they just don’t realize it.
When it’s time to go (die), these people are glad to depart, because their playground isn’t primarily Earth-bound.
Just passing through.
Meanwhile, we are beneficiaries of others’ invention, reformation and creation (a kid in China today enjoys playing Cityville on his/her I-pad, unaware of how many versions of fast computing prototypes the company went through to get there).
He or she simply builds on this baseline.
The rise of the rest.
It will never be enough. Never completely satisfied. This triggers a new wave of progress.
Fear of the Boogie Man or Dracula, for instance will be replaced by fear of the alien, life from outer space etc… From children’s fantasy to futuristic breakthrough. We will leave the past behind, the seen for the unseen. Be fit for the future.
Thang Nguyen 555 