JustCamel, For present pursuits I couldn't agree more, However...
The really IMPORTANT stuff is not only going undone, but there appears to be active efforts to KEEP it undone. For example: 1. It appears that thorium-consuming reactors would provide limitless energy for centuries into the future - while consuming a fuel so cheap that more is now being routinely discarded than would be needed to power the earth. However, only China appears to be looking into these, despite the U.S. having built and operated such a reactor WAY back in the 1960s. 2. It appears that a primary fission drive system could travel to nearby stars and back in reasonable amounts of time. This would be a little like strapping on a very-slowly-exploding atomic bomb. All prior nuclear drive systems have been "secondary" where they head a fuel that is then expelled - at MUCH slower velocity than that of fission debris. Pollution - NOTHING compared to the "great polluter" - our own sun. 3. How about some real science in health care? I have read THOUSANDS of research articles, and have yet found one properly practicing the Scientific Method. Now, Big Pharma has as much of a strangle hold on medicine as the banks have on money. It used to be that the cure for economic doldrums was to have a war. Perhaps we need something more beneficial - like a vision?!!! I have been chasing my own special corners of the future, patenting a way to parse NL as blazing speeds, and a way to build MUCH better microscopes. Unfortunately there is no place in our society to "drop" these in for everyone's benefit. *Steve* ================= On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 3:12 PM, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > A sick person who is not able to do pointless jobs, who features an > ecological and memetic footprint of 5-10 is often seen as a "social leech". > 2-3 billion people whose #bullshitjobs contribute less than the sick > person to society and who additionally waste 75% of our energy, fuel, > resources and time are perceived as people who "provide assistance". > > Most sick/unemployed people feature a more positive net-impact on our > society and planet than those we see as "productive" ... as "productive" > becomes a meaningless term when your economy is all about the creating and > inflation/over-saturation of bogus markets. "Oh, I am so productive selling > a meaningless, systemic service to other people as an insurance agent ... > while wasting fuel, energy and resource in the process ... my tax money can > never remedy the ideological and environmental damage my job is inflicting > but I see myself as somebody who provides assistance!" ;-) > > p.s.: Most sick people are also a product of the system of course ... > cancer, depression, burnout, obesity, stress, systemic traffic accidents, > systemic workplace accidents ... > > On 12.03.2016 22:58, Steve Richfield wrote: > >> so that ~half of all people in America now receive some sort of public >> assistance >> > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
