It's true, though now I have taken that copy from last night and I will do my best to transcribe it.
Last night I wrote:
'Where the words of one lonely man in a small cabin ( more like a kids clubhouse, nicely finished off 8x12, no running water, a respectable distance from the main house) have more power than even he might dare believe.
There is great satisfaction or at least some satisfaction to find myself banging on this ancient typewriter.
(Brothers electric model)
What is the nature of the technological changes that we are barreling through time with?
The nature of these changes…? Like some madcap cartoon where Bugs Bunny is laying down track, railroad track, at an insane pace animated pace always just one step ahead of the barreling locomotive.. Technology. The tracks that the Bunny is laying down is the connection to nature. Frantically keeping a giant snowball rolling as it gathers more mass (population) and goes through it's magic metamorphosis,
culture and technology. How do we hold to nature?
How do we deal with the phenomenon of our time, that was predicted 50 years ago? I am thinking of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock (Actually I didn't read this book. I held it to my forehand like Johnny Carson as the great Karnak… Future Shock… What is it when you wake up and 40 years have past.? The Club of Rome's 'Limits of Growth' …. Shoemaker's 'Small is Beautiful'. ( What can a person do to
help bring about the vision as Shoemaker had postulated.. 'Plant a tree.' Shoemaker replied. Democracy, Freedom and creativity thrive in decentralized healthy communities. Aldous Huxley shared his vision Over-population with the loss of humans owning and controlling their own land leads to tyranny.
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