Limits to power. Limits to growth. Speed limits.
We finally see ourselves in the mirror.
Dying, decaying, decomposing.
Long live Blue Jeans, T-shirt and Rock “n” Roll.
60 Minutes capitalized on their archive footage to show us the evolution of John Kerry.
Our evolution, from idealism to realism.
The aging process that takes a toll on a powerful nation.
Shrinking. Going private (BlackBerry, Dell) , going home fishing (Steve Ballmer) or going home (Jobs).
Wake me when October ends or when the government is back to work again (as of this, it is facing another shut-down).
My friend is worried about his pension.
I told him to get out and vote.
A country is strong when its young people feel like they can make a difference, or can affect change.
The options are now limited: voters drive, enlistment (not a good idea given Syria and the rise of soft powers), volunteer for NGO‘s or work in the mill (Amazon is now hiring seasonal workers only).
When NGO”s are on the rise, more than private sector, we have a problem.
Instead of churning out paper money, the nation is better off with “greed is good” days on Wall Street.
At least, people have reasons to get up in the morning and read the WSJ.
Now, it’s “wake me up when October ends”.
What motivates people are still the same (Maslow scale).
But the mechanism to bring it about seems to be broken: it’s one thing for young people to give up a Wall Street job for Peace Corps, it’s another not to have a job at all, hence, compassion fatigue.
Back in the days of Peace Corps, a generation vowed to “Ask Not…”.
Now, they stop asking, eye glued to the screen, playing war games.
Drone nation.
Everything is available in small sizes (USB, blue tooth etc…).
Digitized. Think in code.
Machine (Google Search) is learning semantics and contextual relations while human refuses to seek understanding (Iran, Iraq, what’s the difference?).
Wake me when October ends.
Let the brain sort it out while we sleep our way through October.
May it wake up fully recharged, reactivated for full-use.
Einstein only used up a tiny portion of his brain cells. Look where it has taken him and us. Imagine when all of us wake up by month end, start thinking in semantics and contextual relevance. A thinking nation is a dangerous one. Sleep tight!