[Mind's Eye] Re: are we as a global society moving forward or backward?

Probably- it's on the album "pulse" which I played a lot but also
Martin Buber's work, "I and Thou". (Very little is original in life!
Even the Comodore 64 is making a comeback! NYTimes)

Related, somewhat: Yesterday I spent most of the time going through
the rooms with the eyes and curiousity of a one year old (grand-
daughter) so I could increase her safety and safegaurd some stuff :-).
The two other grand-daughters are "civilized", so claims my daughter!
It was exhausting but merry as I remembered all the ages/stages this
home has gone through but was successful though I may have to store
the andirons and make a smock for a nude statue...oh well. :-)

On Apr 6, 1:30 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> rigsy was that a reference to pink floyd " us and them " ( song about
> war )
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> rigsy03 wrote:
> > We certainly have advanced in clever ways to kill one another! Now it
> > is mostly remote or drone! The USA army also developed crowd controls
> > which were covered by CNN several years ago- microwave stunners, goo
> > on the ground and another which I forget. Not to mention the loss of
> > privacy or random violence or having an idea who some people are
> > unlike former tight communities and family structure. We are taxed and
> > fee-d to the gills- food is expensive- love is risky- etc!
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> > Spring has sprung! Family will be here in 10 days! :-)
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> > On Apr 5, 10:13 am, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Strange how people are I guess. I notice no such trend.  In fact I see
> > > much that is good in humanity and our advances, I simply do see any
> > > evidance that we are moving down a path of self annilhilation and I'm
> > > somewhat supprised of your doomsaying here OM.  Are you privy to some
> > > data that the rest of us are not perhaps?
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> > > On Apr 5, 6:10 am, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > Unless humanity recognizes the unity of all, our current path towards
> > > > self annihilation is unstoppable.
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> > > > On Apr 4, 6:55 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > now MAYBE   im a  LITTLE CRAZY             but       it seams  to
> > > > > me    that the direction we are hedding ( like a stream whose path is
> > > > > directed by the mountain  as it erodes the mountain , until its path
> > > > > is eched out , and not easily  broken away from ) is in the wrong
> > > > > direction , ... why ?........ the answer is as vast as the expance of
> > > > > the void of that which is unknown <------ see anyone can sound
> > > > > politician like -------
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> > > > > Ash wrote:
> > > > > > Not at all pessimistic Malcolm, I keep hearing depressing news about my old
> > > > > > highschool. Teachers overworked, theyve changed it from an alternative to an
> > > > > > urban school with higher student ratios. They teach using computers a lot
> > > > > > and the kids mostly slack off visiting facebook and youtube, there is a lot
> > > > > > less one-on-one contact and interaction based learning. To top it off all
> > > > > > this is because of no child left behind crap and teachers are so overworked
> > > > > > they are doing their best just to teach to the test and pass them along.
> > > > > > Someone will have to deal with it eventually while kids keep getting by on
> > > > > > as little as possible fundamental skills and perpetual remedial panaceas.
> > > > > > Not pessimist at all! They are destroying public education, and all the
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