Ah well...here we are under this "public cloud" which reminds me of Aristophanes. There is some very serious thinking under the mantle of humor- at least that's my feeling on the matter. One only has to recall the dark humor of women with a selected audience. Happy Moher's Day!
On May 8, 6:08 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil and Vam on the Road To ... Bob Hope? or a Chinese jail? I > sometimes crave some serious thinking and action Rigsby. > > On 8 May, 15:43, vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > " The question for me is how we escape our mundane thinking and > > habits ... " > > > Well, Neil, you just need to spend 2 days with me on - the - road in > > the Himalayas ... ! And you would never have to ' escape ' anything > > ever more. > > > On May 8, 12:32 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We had an election night comedy alternative to the business as usual > > > coverage. The physicist Brian Cox was wheeled on to shoot the breeze > > > on catastrophe, as we voted for a hung Parliament, leading to all > > > sorts of guff about 'national interest' as the parties jockey for > > > their own under this banner. > > > > Cox came up with 'super volcanoes', pointing to the disaster in > > > Indonesia 74,000 years ago that covered India with ash and reduced the > > > human breeding population to about 1000 couples. Later he mentioned > > > asteroids, pointing to a couple that will travel between us and some > > > of our weather satellites in the next few years. Plague of some kind > > > may also be on the cards. He was dismissive of CERN blackholes > > > swallowing us up. There was much he didn't mention, like WMD > > > terrorism possibilities and economic madness, the latter a point made > > > many times by Jared Diamond (the point being what we are doing now > > > that resembles past ecocides). > > > > I have reached a point where I really should just opt out of society > > > because it makes me frustrated, depressed and inclined to the insane. > > > One can find personal peace, yet this always seems at the cost of > > > hunkering down into ignoring what is likely to happen to 'us' and > > > letting oneself be subsumed to trust in evolution and giving up on a > > > wide, consensual society that is interested in being as prepared as it > > > can to shape destiny. Cox was somewhat irreverent, leaving us only > > > with the idea that Bruce Willis will be too old to save us. > > > > I'm struck in the British context that we have had our 'new hung > > > Parliament' before and the pundit blather is much the same. This > > > politics is too boring to contemplate, but I wonder if we have any > > > ideas on the broader context of what we know about catastrophe in > > > history and how we might shape ourselves to evade or at least be > > > prepared for its inevitability in the future. > > > > The question for me is how we escape our mundane thinking and habits > > > and what we would need to try to move on. I can't properly express > > > this question and am looking for help.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
