Remember back to a simpler time, gas under a dollar, loaf of bread 29 cents, bus fare a nickel and milk 65 cents a gallon. Wow you have some memory. The world is changing and one can argue for better or worse. Accepting the new and adapting to change is how the first caveman (or woman) survived. People come and go, demigods rise and fall, trends fall in and quickly fall out. Only thing that's guaranteed is things will change. How can one survive or at least not be affected by changes? One get off your collective asses and voice an opinion, secondly don't buy into those looking to permanently alter what is good and true. (By whose definition ?) Is it an objective, subjective, rationalization analysis or an emotional charged reaction. Are you part of the solution or part of the problem?
Art recently gave me his list of what was important to him and another list of major problems he has seen recently over the last decade. It's his list, your list should be different, but you should have a list. take that list and take a good long look at it. Is it based on fear, beliefs and emotional reactions. Or is it a list based on an ethical analysis of facts and social norms? Remember that beliefs and ethics are two different things. If you don't think they are, then maybe an examination of what those are is needed. Not to be judgmental.
Recommended reading:
A Sand county Almanac
Deep Future
Desert Solitare
Last Child in the Woods
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for a Delicious Life
The River Why
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG WINTER!
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