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Audacious and wrenching
This is audacious: to change humanity. This is wrenching: to tell your utter naked whole truth. :- Doug.
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Last years of humankind
What should society be so that in its last years humankind will give its brightest light? :- Doug.
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Manual labor first to go?
Manual labor may be the first to go to the bots. Now is the time to move humankind to meaning work: the work of finding and making meaning in the weave of life. :- Doug.
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This is a course in audacity
This is a course in philosophy This is a course in action This is a course in responsibility This is a course in far sight This is a course in audacity Which is to say this eldering Is a course … Continue reading
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Reach utter truth
One of the greatest gifts an elder can leave is to reach out to the other in utter truth. :- Doug.
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Heroic this work
Heroic it is to work for generations who may never know your name, nor profit from your efforts. :- Doug.
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The outcome of all futures
What’s the outcome of all these futures? Life gets better in all those things that will be done for us, all the better health and increasing life spans, freeing us to work on: meaning; more meaningless chasing after a buck; … Continue reading
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As humans become useless
As humans become useless we risk the progression: abandonment, denial of privacy and specialness, segregation, decay, dementia, death. Also perhaps as a species. :- Doug.
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Putting away our aged and infirm
If we put away our aged and infirm, that is, those who are irrelevant and useless, what do we expect our creations to do with us? Do we set these people aside because of irrelevancy and uselessness, or a little … Continue reading
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Toys and tools our creations
Toys and tools our creations have been and soon we could be to them except we’ve always proved more complex than our thoughts :- Doug.
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Life gets better no surprise
Life gets better ought not be a surprise: that’s what we worked toward all along! :- Doug.
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Racism, useless class, futures
Just got an invitation to a film about racism and reconciliation: has me wondering if we put together racism and a useless class, what can it lead to? Could be riots and resurgence of the KKK. But might there be … Continue reading
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Nursing home choices overwhelm
Families facing the nursing home choices for Mom and Dad are overwhelmed and fear losing lifetime savings. Elder caring attorneys can help with both. :- Doug.
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Read their own stories backwards
One story we can tell: the thing we fear to lose in the futures: our humanity. In 300 years our grandchild elders can read their own stories backwards and see the critical choices. They sigh. Then perhaps turn to face … Continue reading
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Add up all the futures
Add up all the futures and we are overwhelmed; humanity is overwhelmed. There is a way through. Probably surprising. Will we surprise? This is the story in a nutshell: humanity’s life story. :- Doug.
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Write a short story
Write a short story that will have significant meaning for people 300 years from now. :- Doug.
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