Professor J,
Hope you are feeling better. It's that
time of year. I recommend home made chicken stock and tea with turmeric,
but even a teaspoon of honey with turmeric seems to work to shorten a
cold or similar malady.
The TED Talk was quite
enlightening. I think often when we Americans hear those in power refer
to "foreigners" we assimilate the bit of fear that those using the term
hope to instill in us. Most of our fellow citizens are untraveled enough
to hold in disdain people who are different. I doubt that residents of
Finland are the first people who come to mind when our politicians use
the word.
You've added another book to my list, which is incredibly lengthy already. I swear my Kindle feels heavier all the time. ;)
Huxley
and Orwell would probably think what I do from time to time: "So you
willingly carry with you a device that allows you to be tracked wherever
you go and you make public your political views and the books you read
on sites designed to look like they are for your entertainment? And you
continue to do this after your government has been caught storing this
information?"
Can you imagine their commentary on that?
So
gas prices have plummeted and truck sales increased dramatically. It's
really incomprehensible that our memories are so short. Just a few years
ago people were eager to get rid of those gas guzzlers. How can people
now think that cheap gas is forever? It's like we have some sort of
national dementia.
On a historical note, a time capsule from 1795 was opened, which I'm sure you heard about. It included "five tightly folded newspapers, a medal depicting George Washington, a silver plaque, two dozen coins, including one dating to 1655, and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
What would a historian have most like to see included in a time capsule? If you were to fill one today what might you include?
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