I have to say, it's hard for me to take seriously anything from someone who still believes in "climate change."
That said, the gist of this article rings true. There IS a place in this world for aspiration + challenge - it is part of our human psyche. It is what led both to the building of the Cathedrals (for example) 1000+ years ago, with nothing but hand tools and manual architecture. It is also what prompted Columbus to set sail.
The same (or at least similar) motivation is cheering for the underdog stories (e.g., "Miracle" by Disney before it went totally woke-crap, and excellent movie about our 1980 Olympic hockey team).
Being in elementary school in the 1960's, I recall at the time - from "Star Trek" to stories of nuclear powered cars that would run for 20 years on a single pellet of fuel (and so on) - to it all seeming not just plausible, but soon within reach. Recall then we were just 50-60 years from the Wright brothers, and were about to land on the moon. So that pace of progress seemed "normal." Not so much, these additional 50-60 years later.
For a whole host of reasons too lengthy to cover here, we (and the world) lost the script in the 1970's (and since) - despite the advances in computing power.
That said, with this second Trump term, I've sensed - for the first time since the 1960's - that we could be on the cusp of resuming the upward trajectory we enjoyed in the 1950-1960's. That may be the largely unrecognized element of MAGA and Trump's references to "a new golden age."
You need to dig deeper on climate change
This site is literally filled with exposes of the climate scam. But I'm not going to censor a great article because I disagree with a point or two.
Be sure to check this out: https://www.rodmartin.org/p/the-great-global-warming-swindle
I have to say, it's hard for me to take seriously anything from someone who still believes in "climate change."
That said, the gist of this article rings true. There IS a place in this world for aspiration + challenge - it is part of our human psyche. It is what led both to the building of the Cathedrals (for example) 1000+ years ago, with nothing but hand tools and manual architecture. It is also what prompted Columbus to set sail.
The same (or at least similar) motivation is cheering for the underdog stories (e.g., "Miracle" by Disney before it went totally woke-crap, and excellent movie about our 1980 Olympic hockey team).
Being in elementary school in the 1960's, I recall at the time - from "Star Trek" to stories of nuclear powered cars that would run for 20 years on a single pellet of fuel (and so on) - to it all seeming not just plausible, but soon within reach. Recall then we were just 50-60 years from the Wright brothers, and were about to land on the moon. So that pace of progress seemed "normal." Not so much, these additional 50-60 years later.
For a whole host of reasons too lengthy to cover here, we (and the world) lost the script in the 1970's (and since) - despite the advances in computing power.
That said, with this second Trump term, I've sensed - for the first time since the 1960's - that we could be on the cusp of resuming the upward trajectory we enjoyed in the 1950-1960's. That may be the largely unrecognized element of MAGA and Trump's references to "a new golden age."
It was within reach then. And it is finally going to happen now.