And they are incredibly sensitive in determining who these people are.
This is what people have always been like - they identify with people like them, who speak the same language, and have the same mores. Who have the same culture.
The Industrial Revolution, followed by the Computer Revolution - changed everything completely,
But people still have no difficulty determining what people are in which groups - and if they are part of them.
This is part of their Entertainment - going to Movies where Social Roles are complicated - and watching people cope with this confusion.
Sunday, February 3, 2019
She can feel, but she cannot think
I just finished listening to Never Stop Walking
This young woman has had quite a life, and she has written about it in this book. You cannot help but feel as she did, as you listen to it.
But I cannot help but wonder, why she did not set up her family in Brazil with a bank account, and then make periodic deposits to it, from Sweden, where she now lives. This would have been a miracle for them, and provided for her mother's medical care.
She made money writing this book, and she should have given part of that to her Brazilian family.
But she did not even think of doing this, and no one suggested it to her.
This young woman has had quite a life, and she has written about it in this book. You cannot help but feel as she did, as you listen to it.
But I cannot help but wonder, why she did not set up her family in Brazil with a bank account, and then make periodic deposits to it, from Sweden, where she now lives. This would have been a miracle for them, and provided for her mother's medical care.
She made money writing this book, and she should have given part of that to her Brazilian family.
But she did not even think of doing this, and no one suggested it to her.
Saturday, February 2, 2019
More and More
This started with the discovery of Oil in Pennsylvania. Before, Oil had been taken from Whales, and the number of Wales was rapidly being depleted.
Then Oil was discovered in the ground, when they were drilling for Water. Amazing!
But this amazement did not last long. More wells were drilled, and they discovered this Oil Field was huge, reaching all the way into Vermont!
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Ways of Refining Oil were soon found, and Gasoline was soon being made, and a lot of it!
The price of Gasoline became very low, but a new market for it was soon found - the Automobile!
Henry Ford discovered a way of making a cheap Automobile, the Model Ford!
And he paid high wages, because he wanted his workers, to buy his cars!
But most roads not suited for rapid driving in these new cars. New ways of building roads were soon developed and America became a nation devoted to its cars. Lovers soon discovered the pleasures of the back seat of a car (and the passenger seat also)!
Then Oil was discovered in the ground, when they were drilling for Water. Amazing!
But this amazement did not last long. More wells were drilled, and they discovered this Oil Field was huge, reaching all the way into Vermont!
,
Ways of Refining Oil were soon found, and Gasoline was soon being made, and a lot of it!
The price of Gasoline became very low, but a new market for it was soon found - the Automobile!
Henry Ford discovered a way of making a cheap Automobile, the Model Ford!
And he paid high wages, because he wanted his workers, to buy his cars!
But most roads not suited for rapid driving in these new cars. New ways of building roads were soon developed and America became a nation devoted to its cars. Lovers soon discovered the pleasures of the back seat of a car (and the passenger seat also)!
Russian Doll
Collider
This assumes you have Netflix, which I don't have now, but probably should have.
So much to watch! So little time!
This link takes you to bottom of the review, you will have to scroll to the top, and start reading there.
This assumes you have Netflix, which I don't have now, but probably should have.
So much to watch! So little time!
This link takes you to bottom of the review, you will have to scroll to the top, and start reading there.
Accepting People who are Nothing
The Writing is on the Wall
I have a hard time doing this, a crucial social skill in our times. Where most people are nothing, and are not aware of this. The writing is on their walls, but they cannot read it.
In our time, God would have to use Facebook, or Twitter. And would have to write in English.
I have a hard time doing this, a crucial social skill in our times. Where most people are nothing, and are not aware of this. The writing is on their walls, but they cannot read it.
In our time, God would have to use Facebook, or Twitter. And would have to write in English.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Accentuate the Positive
NY Review
This is a fine review of some important books.
But there is a problem - not many people will read it, because they do not read (or read very little). And they are not aware of this.
This is a fine review of some important books.
But there is a problem - not many people will read it, because they do not read (or read very little). And they are not aware of this.
Feeling what Other People are Like
I am deficient in this basic social skill, and I might as well admit it.
But I am certain other people (many other people) lack this skill. And don't want to admit it.
This puts both of us at a serious disadvantage. A disadvantage, that we don't seem able to overcome.
We are able to relate, but only superficially. In the Market, for example, we can function well - as buyers and sellers of our products. That might include us.
The Market made us richer, materially - but poorer, socially.
The Market was only invented a few hundred years ago, but has made a huge difference. It created rich people, and poor people. And rich countries and poor countries.
But most importantly, the inability to stabilize this income differential to a reasonable level.
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Global Poverty has not decreased, and we cannot change this stubborn fact.
The economic situation has become part of our religious lives - which has made it even worse. My family, for example, cannot realize that Mormonism was created by economic forces. They insist it was divinely appointed, and contains eternal truths.
But I am certain other people (many other people) lack this skill. And don't want to admit it.
This puts both of us at a serious disadvantage. A disadvantage, that we don't seem able to overcome.
We are able to relate, but only superficially. In the Market, for example, we can function well - as buyers and sellers of our products. That might include us.
The Market made us richer, materially - but poorer, socially.
The Market was only invented a few hundred years ago, but has made a huge difference. It created rich people, and poor people. And rich countries and poor countries.
But most importantly, the inability to stabilize this income differential to a reasonable level.
.
Global Poverty has not decreased, and we cannot change this stubborn fact.
The economic situation has become part of our religious lives - which has made it even worse. My family, for example, cannot realize that Mormonism was created by economic forces. They insist it was divinely appointed, and contains eternal truths.
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