#107 "The Future, Big Macs, and Dog Poop in a Beautiful Little Box!"
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4,000 yearsof history was slowly written between the convention of writing and the invention of the printing press.
Nearly 300 yearsticked away between the steam engine and space flight.
Fewer than 30 years could blink before mobile technology followed the birth of the internet.
The exponential rate of human innovation is certain… but our future, is not.
Is the prospect of our future fascinating or frightening? Is our potential exciting or alarming?
As robots rise and economies fall, we explore tomorrow together.
But, without getting too ahead of ourselves, a neighborhood dog pooping in your flower bed will always be a problem which, thankfully, has a timeless solution!
At this point the majority of us have ‘heard’ about the notion of 2012. No concepts win the populous over better than when those concepts are grounded in some degree of science, personal faith, and ancient allusion.
The idea could stem from the ancient Mayan ‘time keeping’ system which appears to end (and/or start over) in 2012; or they may be grounded in the prophecies from any one religion which almost uncannily seem to converge once we strip away our ‘man-made’ differences.
Independent of where the notion of the world ‘ending’ or ‘changing’ stems from – those notions are just seeds which do not grow until we allow them to root in ourselves.
No matter where the ‘events of today’ are leading – YOU ARE IN CONTROL (and thus, WE are in control). It’s time for us as individuals, and as a globalized society, to change how we internalize these notions — and if nothing else, 2012 should mark the time we become FEARLESS! Continue reading “Fearlessness”
