Gone the way of the hoe and the loom
Is the skill of searching for information.
The modern thinks he needs but to ask
And it will be delivered to him—
As are his food and his clothes.
Category Archives: Consumerism
Is All the Technology Worth It?

(This article, unlikely practically everything else I write, was not afforded a final edit. And I trust you’ll understand why. if it doesn’t make sense, this will simply go to paint the picture for you even better.)
Is all the technology worth it? I have my doubts.
First of all, let me state that I don’t think that any of the advances in technology in my lifetime have done a thing to make us better people. And while I wouldn’t expect that they would make us better people, what I’m wondering about is whether they’re actually hurting the quality of life, rather than improving it.
Continue reading Is All the Technology Worth It?Dear Former Human

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RE: Status Upgrade
17 May 2023
Dear Former Human,
Continue reading Dear Former HumanIn a World That Does Not Want To

It is not easy to do well
In a world that does not want to.
The Economic System We Have and the Amazing One I Want!
Here are four various economic systems, explained in brief fashion from my point of view.
Capitalism is where people swim at their own risk as they try to earn for themselves what they want—despite the fact that there’s always danger to the society from the powerful among the greedy and corrupt.
Continue reading The Economic System We Have and the Amazing One I Want!Corporate Love-Bombing
I have seen it so many times, this corporate love-bombing, by which a corporation starts out offering what is best for the customer, so as to lure them into doing business, and then compromises the goods or services to make the deal sweeter for the corporation—hoping either that the customer won’t notice, or won’t care enough to leave the relationship.
Continue reading Corporate Love-BombingThe State of the Art
The state of the art in technology
Has been improved since you started reading this,
While the state of the art in humanity
Has not been improved since the creation.
Modern Man Doesn’t Know How
The pendulum may continue to swing until
Modern man doesn’t know how to do anything anymore
Except to work a job to pay someone else to do everything for him—
Farming out nearly everything out until he has forgotten how to do anything for himself.
The Marketplace Wearies Me So
Who Loves Excellence the Most
Who loves excellence the most
Is not the consumer
Who spends only money,
But the artisan who spends himself
To make things just so.