I stumbled across this article after hearing this recently and thought I'd comment.
The washing machine liberated women
Interesting that the Catholic church would be trumpeting ideas changing the world over some sort of authority but interesting nonetheless. What's also interesting is the dismissive response of the article and the author's own assumptions.
It is thought provoking how technology effects people's lives. I'm not so sure all advances can be so cleanly associated with a step forward because as people adopt new things inevitably other problems come to light. Electricity demand, the chemicals in the detergents, the dyes in the clothes, the manufacturing process all could be examined to find more problems to society associated with washing machines.
I do believe that within ideas are the solution to every problem. That as problems become greater, more minds are put to work on them and eventually a tangible solution is found. No need to worry about problems, there are solutions.
However, in a closed society, where people are encouraged to be propagandized into believing which problems are important and which aren't, the biggest problems could go unrecognized. Even if the technology exists to solve it, it could remain on a shelve collecting dust. This is why freedom of speech and thought is so important and really a necessity for everyone. Large problems being pushed by media, government or industry might be easily solvable. Endless wars, police brutality, diseases, poverty, etc... all have solutions, it's just a marketing problem.
I think the biggest problem, when it comes to problems, is the obscuring of the real root of most problems as well as an honest assessment of solutions.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Paid to Suck
The more I think about this the more evident it becomes, a great deal of people are being paid to suck. It isn't just sucking at what they do, it's also sucking the life from themselves, the people around them or society in general.
The good news is as the sucking gets closer and closer to critical mass it becomes more and more obvious that a paradigm shift is inevitable. I'd like to help people make the transition... and in helping themselves possibly learn how to help their neighbors, friends and family as well, suck less.
But first, lets examine the evidence that... indeed a great deal of people are paid to suck at what they do... and some are rewarded handsomely.
Unfortunately, society has been formed into a top down pyramid structure. This mindset is very evident... there is a small number of people at the top and a large group at the bottom. The folks at the top have control and the ones at the bottom don't. Why we have chosen to live this way isn't really clear, it isn't blatantly obvious that there are alternatives but their are. In any case, the first step to changing is acknowledging where we are at. The medium that perpetuates this 'pay for sucking' is the central banking and fiat money system. By extending credit to those who suck and printing money to pay for sucking, sucking has become a major industry.
In general, it's easy to sharp-shoot those near the top... it's very evident that folks like politicians do a very good job sucking these days. Billionaires like Donald Trump suck a great deal, he's owned more bankrupt businesses than the average person has credit cards... but look, he's a billionaire. A bit further down even Nobel prize winners are not an exception. The highly educated people like Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers can pretty much suck as well. If you call them on their sucking they just point to the system and shrug. But as the old saying goes "S**t rolls down hill" and at the bottom, just by volume alone, sucking is the most prevalent. Poor service is an occurrence daily, bad attitudes are abundant, try calling customer service or return a inferior product... it's highly likely one will find people sucking at what they do. The education system has prepared us to suck and in that regard it works well.
The good news is as the sucking gets closer and closer to critical mass it becomes more and more obvious that a paradigm shift is inevitable. I'd like to help people make the transition... and in helping themselves possibly learn how to help their neighbors, friends and family as well, suck less.
But first, lets examine the evidence that... indeed a great deal of people are paid to suck at what they do... and some are rewarded handsomely.
Unfortunately, society has been formed into a top down pyramid structure. This mindset is very evident... there is a small number of people at the top and a large group at the bottom. The folks at the top have control and the ones at the bottom don't. Why we have chosen to live this way isn't really clear, it isn't blatantly obvious that there are alternatives but their are. In any case, the first step to changing is acknowledging where we are at. The medium that perpetuates this 'pay for sucking' is the central banking and fiat money system. By extending credit to those who suck and printing money to pay for sucking, sucking has become a major industry.
In general, it's easy to sharp-shoot those near the top... it's very evident that folks like politicians do a very good job sucking these days. Billionaires like Donald Trump suck a great deal, he's owned more bankrupt businesses than the average person has credit cards... but look, he's a billionaire. A bit further down even Nobel prize winners are not an exception. The highly educated people like Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers can pretty much suck as well. If you call them on their sucking they just point to the system and shrug. But as the old saying goes "S**t rolls down hill" and at the bottom, just by volume alone, sucking is the most prevalent. Poor service is an occurrence daily, bad attitudes are abundant, try calling customer service or return a inferior product... it's highly likely one will find people sucking at what they do. The education system has prepared us to suck and in that regard it works well.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Lemonade Stand... USA 2015
If one googles 'how to start a lemonade stand' one might find all sorts of simple business advice on opening a lemonade stand. Some articles will suggest it's a great way to teach the children about small business or an entrepreneur. However, in the police state USA (similar to the defunct USSR) it could also teach another lesson about how the government and the parasite class has established a significant barrier to the marketplace and how difficult it has become to do business in the "land of the free" (sarcasm). It might also reveal the true nature of how government really operates and how similar it is to the mafia.
This isn't just speculation, a recent article in Forbes even took notice of government's war on lemonade stands in an article entitled "The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands".
This isn't just speculation, a recent article in Forbes even took notice of government's war on lemonade stands in an article entitled "The Inexplicable War on Lemonade Stands".
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