1 February 2013
Norman Pagett writes:
on the journey to reach this stage in what we think of as our civilisation, one cannot but be reminded of fantasy space travel, where the occupants of the spaceship tell a robot what they want to eat, and it just appears through a little hatch in a few seconds. We have perhaps come to think of spaceship Earth like that. Our food is there when we need it, and in such overwhelming quantities that a third of it is wasted. In terms of emotional perception, there is little difference between a spaceship foodhatch and a Walmart. In many respects, money has taken on a similar aspect; we press buttons, colored bits of paper slide out of the wall so that we can go and buy more ‘stuff’. Just ask for anything you want, and it’s there for you. We sustain ourselves by believing that colored paper and plastic represent real wealth, and dismiss the unpleasant warning that the real cost of endless money is endless debt.
Reminds me of the movie Wall-E!
It seems to me that television has played a crucial role in formulating this set of expectations. Everything you can dream of is brought into your home at the touch of a button. It’s no wonder the internet is such a ‘success’ and that televisions are now ‘internet ready.’
I do agree, the expectation of instant gratification
Buckminster Fuller -Spaceship Earth -no instruction manual, constant course around sun providing life to all nature. Speed 66000mph ,daily rotation speed 1000mph. Plenty room for all variety of living passengers inbuilt gravity and atmosphere suited to abundant life. Water and food for all.
In 200 yrs one species uses up all resources, overbreeds current passenger numbers 9 billion. Destroys the life support for all the passengers wiping out other species. Screws up the climate control system.
The homo sapiens species likes to be known as an intelligent life form.
Spaceship earth has no choice- Eviction Notice Served