Monday, March 2, 2009

You can't always get what you want...

but if you try sometime well you just might find you get what you need. - M. Jagger, K. Richards

I'm posting this video here less a commentary on Gen X, Y or Z but as an appreciation for our remarkable technologies that we have come to rely on so much so that we forget how far we've come.

I mean, we put men on the moon before pocket calculators! (Remember bulky gray adding machines with the hand crank?) Mind-blowing!

It occurs to me that this financial mess we're in is an opportunity not only to develop new "green" technologies by retooling the workforce but also of retooling the mindset from what we expect and think we deserve to what we actually need.

'Nuff said by me...

3 comments:

  1. Too true. A lot of us are spoiled. Modern technology allows me to be on call and reachable 24/7 - THAT I could do without.

    Society is a bit insane, we strive for success, ease, and comfort, and when we get it, it is never enough.

    "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." Buddha

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  2. I saw this video just recently. It makes me happy for some reason.

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