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p.s.From: Steven
Subject: General
Date/Time 2008-02-15 20:18:43
Remote IP: 68.255.72.170
MessageI think that we have a problem in that as time goes on we keep
putting more and more pressure on people to work hard and excel in
society. It's becoming a more and more stressful place where you're
expected to kill yourself (workaholic) just to survive. Add in technologies
like the internet where people are spending more and more
time interacting artificially rather than taking time to interact
with real people. It's a form of disconnection and isolation that
when coupled with ever-increasing amounts of stress leads to
explosive results. I expect episodes like this to increase.
Controlling people is not the answer--it's part of the problem,
as the scenario above is a form of control. I do think, however,
that we as society need to wake up to the fact that this "do more,
be more, work yourself to death lifestyle"--just to acquire more
consumer garbage in our lives--while becoming more cut off from
each other . . . is a failed system.
What does our government do? Approve "spending rebates", so that
people will be inspired to "buy more crap"--because doing so makes
you a good citizen and helps our system work.
I think the system is headed for a collapse . . .
and I'm not so sure that that's a bad thing . . .
may just be part of the yin-yang cycle and will bring us all
to a better place in the long run.
S
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