:^D Perhaps you are thinking too late in age, Slip. You never popped a wheel off a car when you were 4? 3? 2? This is common childhood behaviour, so if it never occurred for you, perhaps you were exemplary.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that it may be a generalization on your part Chris in the "we" > reference, as many children, myself included, cherished anything that > resembled a toy. I never broke a toy in my life and would become very > adamant when my brother would waste away his, and sometimes mine. I > meticulously cared for every toy I was ever lucky to receive, which > weren't many. I had cousins that had everything and would destroy it > all in the rumpus room. Toys that I envied were recklessly smashed by > those insolent little brats. I still today buy for myself toys, > simple toys, toys that I could never afford to have. I love my > gyroscope, my top and my RC cars. > I do understand what you are saying in that we don't really realize as > children the value of what we have received and in "that" we learn the > makings of it, the mechanism upon which some of us have the ability to > discover our desire to be one with it, as a career, as a hobby. > I'm sorry you broke all your toys, Chris, you might be one of my > distant cousins. LOL > > > On Feb 26, 4:09 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Sagir >> I don't think this is negativity, as much as learning. When we are >> children, we don't really mean to break our toy cars...at least not >> the first time we pull the wheel off. It just happens. The second >> time, we DO mean to pull the wheel off, but only because we are >> establishing a causative norm. At that point, however, we have a >> broken car, and we go crying to our Mom and Dad to fix it...and that >> then becomes our goal (hopefully), to learn how to fix it ourself. >> >> I see nothing negative in this process. It seems to me to be the >> natural order of growth and learning. >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, saghir anwar >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > hi...sir with due apology ,i will not endorse ur point of view.u started >> > from human nature that we break the toys in childhood and become engineers >> > when grow old.its our distructive instinct.we we groom ,we become rational >> > and utilize our energies to construct something in positive way.but we have >> > also seen that poorly groomed persons oftenly commit follies and get >> > irrepareable loss sometime.so we can manage to recover ,if we used our >> > faculties in a positive way...sorry to be critical but negitivity can not >> > bring positive results.thanx saghir >> >> > --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > From: Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: It's too late for planet Earth >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6:52 AM >> >> > I have a similar thought process. I often liken the macro of the human >> > race to the micro. When we are young, we break our toys, simply >> > pulling them apart. Some of us, as we get into our teen years, begin >> > disassembling small engines, and electronics, curious as to how they >> > work, attempting to reassemble them. A few of us go on to become >> > technicians of such things. As a civilization, we have done much the >> > same, randomly tearing things down as cavemen, becoming more precise >> > in our disassembly as an industrial nation, and hopefully, as an >> > advanced civilization of the future, we will become technicians, >> > reassembling the planet in a way which provides symbiotic sustenance >> > for all. I really don't see any reason that greenhouse skyscrapers >> > located in each metropolitan area couldn't provide local food sources >> > for the populace. This planet could reasonably sustain twice the >> > population, if we were managed effectively, and didn't piss in our own >> > bathwater. >> >> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> 2009/2/26 archytas <[email protected]> >> >> >>> Our current space vehicles >> >>> remind me someone of primitive spawning in plants - like a group of >> >>> algae forming a tower to boost one of their number from the surf to >> >>> the jet stream. >> >> >> I think there's little point investing any money on manned space >> > flight. The >> >> cost is too high and we -- being a short-lived species -- are not >> > especially >> >> suited to travelling the enormous distances of our galaxy. >> >> >> Lovelock reckons certain countries (the UK, parts of Canada, New Zealand, >> >> etc) will effectively become life rafts for the human population. These >> >> countries would be broken down into super-high density cities and areas of >> >> intensive GM-farming (forget the current fixation about free-range >> > chickens, >> >> my hippy friends). The borders of these countries, sadly, would need to be >> >> barricaded and policed to stop the unfortunates getting in. >> >> >> Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
