There was a time, long long ago, when I was an idealist youngster in search of meaningful life. Hard to imagine – nevertheless true! The question was typically, how can I save the world?
If I was more mature, I would have asked a) Save from what? b) Does it really need saving?
Obviously, my little mind knew something was wrong, but count quite figure out what it was.
Now, I know there is a whole lot that’s wrong with it (the world, I mean) and that I am perfectly happy not doing anything about it. Selfish – true! Happy – Yes!
Call it selective attention if you will, but here are two things that convinced me that I am right on track.....
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson – I learnt that I am too insignificant for either the universe or the nano particles and if I was taking on humans – I was just too insignificant for Einstein type contributions. AND
- The following “gyan” from George Carlin:
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