Then I'd seriously recommend you to take a trip with Vam one day. http://www.meetup.com/Himalaya-Sojourns/
On 13 Jun., 15:55, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > Still am Gabby, still am. While the scenery and wildlife are > pleasant, I'm still very disappointed in my human surroundings. I > blame no one but myself. I chose this northwest corner of Arizona > without properly assessing the mindset of the local denizens. I was > writing a blog for the online edition of the local rag, the Kingman > Daily Miner, for about six months or so, but I've quit. I readily > admit to my inability to continually deal with and fight against the > excessive ignorance, bigotry and hatred that permeates the local > population, especially after a few physical threats because of my > progressive and optimistic perspective on the world. Fortunately I've > long kept my actual physical location under the rose. Even the photos > accompanying my blog were years old and quite different from my > current visage. I seriously doubt whether one's location has any > relation to one's state of mind. I found out many years ago that > moving, while presenting a new and exciting environment, does not > solve the real dilemmas. We carry our problems with us where we go. > > On Jun 13, 2:06 am, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hem, I remember that Gruff said he was living in some, hem, American > > desert, disappointed by his fellow human brothers and sisters with the > > sole purpose of his survival being the feeling of being responsible > > for his dog Zoe. > > > Chris, on the other hand, who I understand is living a good social > > life in Florida, comes across far less optimistic. I wonder if this is > > what gruff means by holistic view. > > > On 13 Jun., 03:27, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm glad to read you as well, gruff. I've missed your comments. Glad to > > > see you're still optimistic. > > > > dj > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:09 PM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 2, 3:24 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=channel > > > > > > So much for capitalism! > > > > > Capitalism is very much a provider in this situation. Only with > > > > sufficient profits can a company fund such an endeavor until it starts > > > > producing a return. Management may be magnanimous but the CEOs and > > > > Board Members, sole ownerships and modified partnerships have to be > > > > profit motivated. I think all this trend -- and hopefully the > > > > principles symbolized in the video are a trend -- will lead to perhaps > > > > such a thing as a moral profit. > > > > > Nor don't see this perspective on motivation as a new discovery. Some > > > > companies knew the benefits of less money and more creativity a long > > > > time ago. It's quite possible that IBM -- which is the company where > > > > I first saw it in action -- may have been among the first to put it > > > > into action. I had occasion to both work for IBM in the capacity of a > > > > contracted employee doing drone work and at another unconnected time > > > > roommated with two IBM software engineers. IBM builds many of it's > > > > plants -- especially when they are think tanks -- in small communities > > > > and encourages its employees to socialize together. They also gave > > > > their employees broad latitude to work on their own ideas which, of > > > > course, IBM owns should they become successful. Obviously a number of > > > > them have so become. > > > > > From what I hear and read, Google's another as is Apple. There are > > > > quite a number of them and not surprisingly I think most are in other > > > > developed nations. We're more or less laggards in this arena. > > > > > What boggles me is the huge number of companies less successful than > > > > they might be and yet ignoring the principles and dynamics of more > > > > successful companies. It's like saying, here's a more productive and > > > > satisfying means of making greater profits and have a happy, loyal, > > > > dependable cadre of employees and a response that is a sub-order of > > > > magnitude of duh, gimme da monkey wrench dude. > > > > > There has always been a higher self in each of us that is not lured by > > > > money as much as it is by progress, achievement and the resulting > > > > personal satisfaction. It's like being blessed. And now we have the > > > > chance to truly achieve that state of mind. > > > > > Most of the grunt work, the suffocation of doing the same boring task > > > > day and day out till you can retire type of work, is now -- and has > > > > been for some time -- migrating to emerging economies that are not > > > > unionized and can do that sort of work better and cheaper. This is > > > > not going to suffocate the U.S. economy nor that of any other > > > > developed nation. > > > > > In fact, I believe the opposite will happen. The migration of grunt > > > > jobs to other nations will usher in a period of creative destruction > > > > (or destructive creation, your choice) where we will have no choice > > > > but to mature our educational system to produce more creative thinkers > > > > than grunts. > > > > > Some might say the unions destroyed manufacturing in America and > > > > within the parameters of blame they deserve a part, but to a greater > > > > sense I see it as a maturing of our economy and hopefully our > > > > society. Sophistication if nothing else will drive us there > > > > eventually but it's nice to see some who have started on their own. > > > > > Insightful presentation, Orn. Nice find.
