I know what you are trying to say, that imagination and persistence
with believing in our dreams, eventually brings them to pass.
But
what kind of dreams are we dreaming? And, what is the real reason
behind us dreaming them? When they do finally come to pass in our
tomorrows, what expense will it be to others and to the environment?
It is not just that we should have
dreams, and then pursue them intensely. That's only part of it.
If we don't allow ourselves to frequently check in to see just
how Nature is going about doing what we are trying to do, it'll just be another nightmare for future generations to have to deal with.
I
am surprised that Tesla wasn't mentioned. He was a true original
thinker, who had a sincere desire to make the world a better place to
live in. Many inventions of his were taken, and changed
from the way that he wanted them to be operated. His inventing
process wasn't about getting rich off of the backs of many others.
For instance, he even forgave a huge debt owed to him, which
would've bankrupted Westinghouse to pay it back.
These
three inventors who were mentioned, pursued their dreams because of
their love of money, and the intense desire to get very rich. We
are now experiencing, environmentally-speaking, its poison fruit from a
long-forgotten blossumtime.
Would
you want to be remembered for an innovative invention that is presently
destroying the environment at an alarming rate, several generations
hence? Remember, the car does not work very well without toxic
tires and smothering asphalt.
Sure,
with every invention, new problems will arise that
were unforeseeable. Such as the seeming "green" invention of
the windfarm.
Why
did this "unforeseeable" event happen? Because the businessmen
inventors had $$ signs clouding their environmental vision.
Obviously, the best inventors are the ones who are practicing Christ-like qualities. Or, their
seemingly
hidden "mental diet" will eventually show up in their outer
manifestations. Imagine if corporations would screen inventors
this way when giving job interviews?
It's an
oxymoron to say, "Peace-time rocketry" or, "Peacetime nuclear power".
All we have to do is observe their modern-day effect upon the
environment, to see that the war has not ended. It only changed
form. That is how a parasite is able to remain alive in its host,
and thereby remain undetected (enter "Operation: Paper Clip").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
It
is interesting to see that Bill Gates is now wanting to use technology
to heal technology's woes. Coal-fired plants have powered the
factories churning out the plastics and parts needed to build each
computer over the last three decades. Coal pollution, with its
mercury migration, is environmental enemy #1. Plus it is
affecting the weather patterns.
It's estimated that the amount of computer trash would fill the size of L.A. 20 miles high!
So, here is a "counter-measure" that Gates wants to implement, when the "shit hits the fan":
What
is the solution to all of the enviornmental pollution? Many of
these technologies are innately designed to have a very strong grip on
our day-to-day lives...when we start to give them our attention.
So, I believe that the answer lies in the concept of, after now
taking two steps forward, to take one step back. Unlovely states
will die for want of attention.
We
understand the basic technologies that have transformed our lives into
what they presently are. Now how can we transform them into a
truly workable and sustainable system? The master template would be to
follow a completely decentralized way of being. It is where the
individual is empowered to accomplish the basic survival needs, all by
their own hand.
I believe this is where we are
all eventually heading. How can we have our cake and eat it too?
So, when we get in our cars, turn on the toaster, fly in a plane,
turn on the computer, we can now do so with a mindfulness, as opposed
to mindlessness. There is a purpose to us daily using these
"tools", and that is to eventually not have to use them! That is, not in their present-day form.
To: airbornewindenergy@yahoogroups.com
From: harrycv@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:37:44 +0000
Subject: RE: [AirborneWindEnergy] Re: KISS, A-Frame Tether to Selby See-Saw
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford only had grade school level educations.
Look at what they achieved. Bill Gates dropped out of university and
founded Microsoft.
Harry
To: AirborneWindEnergy@ yahoogroups. com
From: brooksdesign@ peoplepc. com
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:04:59 -0500
Subject: Re: [AirborneWindEnergy ] Re: KISS, A-Frame Tether to Selby See-Saw
As a would be inventor and observer of inventors of the past I have
noticed most of the biggest advancements were made by amateurs that
were told it could not be done by the so called experts. Fortunaly
for all of us that they were too stupid to know it was impossable so
they did it anyway. Just because some expert tells you it is
impossable is no reason not to try. Even failure is a learning
experience.
-brooks
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