For some reason your rant had me thinking about the Human Resources offices I dealt with in a sporadic career with the Feds. Resources, humans as resources. To be exploited, used as collateral, capitalized, mined by corporations extracting profit from our labor, providing us with the means to perpetuate growth, distilling other resources into power. We have an abundance of human resources, by a factor of at least 10x more than what the planet can sustain at a level we would all like to equitably share, according to some physicists. Degrowth is a noble and necessary cause to pursue, one I do my bit to support in practice, but my optimism wanes when thinking it can happen without nature playing a heavy hand. And now that song on Paul McCartney's Ram album is running through my brain. Too Many People
At some point, when we consider the insanity of this country and its effects, the only thing to do is laugh at the absurdity of life. So thank you for that.
Keep writing with the knowledge that, sooner or later, people will realize the truth. If you help reduce the time that takes, it is worth the time you spend writing.
I'm originally from near Buffalo but now live in New Brunswick Canada. We are at about 50% of normal snowfall and everyone thinks it's just grand (except me).
From the other side of the world and the final days of summer I started my day ruminating on climate driven heat, and came to my writing desk in despair. You've lifted me. Thank you. I know your article traverses the litany of society's wrongs, but it helps to not be alone with the dark thoughts. Even better when that shared knowledge is wrapped in excellent writing. Thank you.
Sorry to hear that. It was more a surprise for me ("we found a tumor the size of a grapefruit in your head!") than anything. And I recovered pretty quickly. But new paths can be good (or we can try to pretend they are :).
I have to keep reminding myself that like Cassandra there are a select few of us (compared to the billions of our fellow humans ) who can see our life for what it's become. And like Cassandra (and the Boy Who Cried Wolf) no one wants to listen. It's incredibly frustrating and exhausting but I've learned to live two different lives--one based in fantasy that has grand kids and a happy and healthy life span and the one that we're all currently living in (as referenced in this post) that just consists of dread and sadness. No. The reality is it's not a nice day :(
I hear you. There are many reasons so many are so oblivious. Too bad, because we need as many as possible aware and taking action.
For some reason your rant had me thinking about the Human Resources offices I dealt with in a sporadic career with the Feds. Resources, humans as resources. To be exploited, used as collateral, capitalized, mined by corporations extracting profit from our labor, providing us with the means to perpetuate growth, distilling other resources into power. We have an abundance of human resources, by a factor of at least 10x more than what the planet can sustain at a level we would all like to equitably share, according to some physicists. Degrowth is a noble and necessary cause to pursue, one I do my bit to support in practice, but my optimism wanes when thinking it can happen without nature playing a heavy hand. And now that song on Paul McCartney's Ram album is running through my brain. Too Many People
At some point, when we consider the insanity of this country and its effects, the only thing to do is laugh at the absurdity of life. So thank you for that.
Keep writing with the knowledge that, sooner or later, people will realize the truth. If you help reduce the time that takes, it is worth the time you spend writing.
I'm originally from near Buffalo but now live in New Brunswick Canada. We are at about 50% of normal snowfall and everyone thinks it's just grand (except me).
From the other side of the world and the final days of summer I started my day ruminating on climate driven heat, and came to my writing desk in despair. You've lifted me. Thank you. I know your article traverses the litany of society's wrongs, but it helps to not be alone with the dark thoughts. Even better when that shared knowledge is wrapped in excellent writing. Thank you.
Yes. Having purpose counts for everything!
Sorry to hear that. It was more a surprise for me ("we found a tumor the size of a grapefruit in your head!") than anything. And I recovered pretty quickly. But new paths can be good (or we can try to pretend they are :).
What a coincidence! I had a brain tumor removed about 8 years ago. Maybe that's why we can see things others can't :)
I have to keep reminding myself that like Cassandra there are a select few of us (compared to the billions of our fellow humans ) who can see our life for what it's become. And like Cassandra (and the Boy Who Cried Wolf) no one wants to listen. It's incredibly frustrating and exhausting but I've learned to live two different lives--one based in fantasy that has grand kids and a happy and healthy life span and the one that we're all currently living in (as referenced in this post) that just consists of dread and sadness. No. The reality is it's not a nice day :(
We had a trash collector in our town that had "Satisfaction gauranteed or double your trash back.!" written on the side of his truck.
Well written article! Keep it up.