I’m all into snark, which I believe directed leftward is the best way to mock what’s happening in America. In the meantime, I think I’ll visit the grandkid and her parents this weekend!
Hope... In the 1970s when I was in my twenties raising a young family in Seattle, I had hope. In the 80s that started with the divorce and the kids gone, but for four days a month with me...I still had hope.
In my 40s, with my middle-age crisis and living with a 26 year old Playboy bunny... I had hope.
In my fifties in California and a new wife, I had hope.
In my sixties in the 2010s I retired and things were okay kind of.
At seventy the wheels fell off, everything turned to shit with the Covid Crap and...
I lost hope.
I realize now that I entered this Tunnel of Doom back in August of 1971 when Nixon closed the gold window and tried to draft lottery my ass to fight in Vietnam. I've been avoiding land mines and mortar shells ever since. Four years ago, the shells found their target.
Brian, My Dad used to say as he got older that all of his friends were getting sick and dying, but so far, he'd avoided the "mortar shells" "grenades" of old age.
My hope is insourced, not outsourced. The "success" of "society" isn't my success, nor vice-versa.
If it -- whatever "it" is -- fails, maybe that's for the better. After all, in voluntary markets, failure is what stops incompetent people from causing further damage. Propping up incompetents is more harmful than failure.
Check out the video above. It is a video of the growth of engineers in the top 20 countries from 1990-2023. I think you will be surprised by what you see.
But it gives me hope. Just looking at the total number of engineers means that perhaps humans can find an engineering solution to our problems e.g. cheap and clean energy.
Tesla said it was possible to tap into the megawatts of energy flowing around us all the time (e.g. gravity).
I’m all into snark, which I believe directed leftward is the best way to mock what’s happening in America. In the meantime, I think I’ll visit the grandkid and her parents this weekend!
Have all the fun possible!
Frank, Are you sure that grandkid is yours?
Coin flip…
Hope... In the 1970s when I was in my twenties raising a young family in Seattle, I had hope. In the 80s that started with the divorce and the kids gone, but for four days a month with me...I still had hope.
In my 40s, with my middle-age crisis and living with a 26 year old Playboy bunny... I had hope.
In my fifties in California and a new wife, I had hope.
In my sixties in the 2010s I retired and things were okay kind of.
At seventy the wheels fell off, everything turned to shit with the Covid Crap and...
I lost hope.
I realize now that I entered this Tunnel of Doom back in August of 1971 when Nixon closed the gold window and tried to draft lottery my ass to fight in Vietnam. I've been avoiding land mines and mortar shells ever since. Four years ago, the shells found their target.
Hope isn't for old cripples like me.
Not to intrude....analogous or not, what's with the "shells"?
Brian, My Dad used to say as he got older that all of his friends were getting sick and dying, but so far, he'd avoided the "mortar shells" "grenades" of old age.
My hope is insourced, not outsourced. The "success" of "society" isn't my success, nor vice-versa.
If it -- whatever "it" is -- fails, maybe that's for the better. After all, in voluntary markets, failure is what stops incompetent people from causing further damage. Propping up incompetents is more harmful than failure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjOdI1nHIA&t=2s
Check out the video above. It is a video of the growth of engineers in the top 20 countries from 1990-2023. I think you will be surprised by what you see.
But it gives me hope. Just looking at the total number of engineers means that perhaps humans can find an engineering solution to our problems e.g. cheap and clean energy.
Tesla said it was possible to tap into the megawatts of energy flowing around us all the time (e.g. gravity).