A View From the Edge

There is an ongoing discussion around the world — and I listen in to at least four language broadcasts outside of the USA — about whether mankind is about to terminate all life on this planet — sooner or later.

History always repeats. In the 16th century, England had a strong Navy for defense. They defeated the Spanish Armada (mainly thanks to a “divine” storm — they were outnumbered 20 to one at the time) and could protect the country.

Lock down, isolation, self-imposed safety stay-at-home — we’ve all been at this for more than a year. As COVID restrictions begin to ease all of us are — no doubt — welcoming the freedom and the opening up of our lives.

Forty years ago, the National Teachers’ Association decided to censure Sesame Street for “giving children the wrong idea of education.” Yes, I’m serious.

Anyone who has driven up from New York along Route 684 knows that there are townships along the way that generate substantial revenue from traffic tickets for speeding and other driving fines. There is nothing wrong with that, as one D.C. police officer recently explained on NPR.

Imagine you live in a remote location and stare out at the majesty of nature. In fact, imagine you live in a city and walk through the park every day, enjoying the careful design to emulate nature so perfectly. Now imagine that everything you are looking at may not be as it seems and that serious money is coming to rip it all apart.

Let’s deal with nonsense first. It is true you can get more protein from a field of corn or soy than you can get from cattle on the same grass or hay field in terms of productivity. True, but only for year 1. Year 2 they are the same.

Part of the problem we all face in this new age with 90% of commerce being totally dependent on the internet is the connection we all need (I do not use the word enjoy for a reason) to survive and prosper.