And more and more of us are getting that way. We are not useless, but getting that way.
I wish I could say we are getting wiser as we get older, but the world is moving too fast for that.
We want to say "Stop the world, we want to get off!"
Is there a solution? Yes, and they keep crowding into my inbox. Learn this software, or this, or this! Any one would bring you up to date.
But most people do not waanr to be brought up to date. They prefer staying where they are, or even where they were.
This is the issue for February 2021.
It has a long article (with many illustrations) about them. If you do not subscribe to his yourself, you can probably get it at a library.
Its subtitle is: They kill us by the millions, But without them, life is impossible.
I am stuck in the middle of this mess.
I have been using Chromebook laptops because they are cheaper. But am trying to add a Windows 10 laptop to the mix sitting on the computer desk in my bedroom.
But Microsoft's and Google's security solutions do not work together very well. They both use passwords, but they use them differently.
This is a problem we cannot fix, even if we wanted to. I am trying to do this right now, and I cannot do it.
I first started to write about Being a Prophet, because of my family's religion: Mormonism, which always has a Prophet or two around. But I decided to write about a more general subject: self-importance.
My father was a good example of this. And this was the reason for his success, religiously. And was the reason for the conflict with his wife, who was determined to be more important herself.
This was also a generational conflict, as women were getting more important all the time in the 20th Century.
Mother's family was more important than Dad's family, and this could never be overcome.
Dad made a strong move to Saltillo, Mexico, but Mom made sure this did not last, and he died just before he was 60.
This is a TED talk you can watch at ted.com/talks/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_eco-entrepreeneurship.
The subtitle is: Solving big problems with local solutions.
I was born and raised in Ft. Madison, Iowa - which is now part of the Rust Belt. The people there need to know where they are.
Los Angeles is so important there should be a college course on the subject. And a course on how every country has its own version of one.
What can we say bout LA? Nearly everything, from good to bad and everything in between. It's hard to believe anything else can equal it.
But something is - Silicon Valley, which is setting new records for greed and growth. Ethics is a big word here. Everybody wants it, but nobody has it.
In today's technical world (the Modern world)
The Engineer of a Steam Locomotive needs to know nothing about what Is under the hood. Thre sane thing Is true for an automobile. Or even a Computer.
You don't need to know how it is made up.
