I was 26 years old when we had our first moon landing. Now I’m 80 and a little under-whelmed about what we have accomplished since then.
I’m looking forward to the next moon landing scheduled for the next year or two because it may again redirect us away from the myopia our technology break-throughs always seem to foster. That’s what happened after the first moon landing in 1969. We saw Earth. It was round. It had no dividing lines. And we were vulnerable.
So, looking 50 years into the future, my younger self in 1969 pictured all the progress we could make on social issues.
But then came the cell phone, social media, virtual reality and GPS. Instead of bringing us together, they separated us into our own little worlds. Maybe that’s why I still treasure world maps and colorful globes.
Cyberspace and virtual reality. Maybe someday we’ll discover other such dimensions that will show our Native American friends are not too fair off. People – and everything around us – may be connected in some way we do not yet understand. When and if that happens, our current divisions could look pretty foolish.
* How has your perception of reality changed now that you’re a mature adult?
“We accept the fact that there may be other worlds out in space, but might there not be other worlds here? Other worlds, in other dimensions, coexistent with this?”
"That's what Louis L'Amour wrote, and Connie suspects that may be part of the answer."
I was 26 years old when we had our first moon landing. Now I’m 80 and a little under-whelmed about what we have accomplished since then.
I’m looking forward to the next moon landing scheduled for the next year or two because it may again redirect us away from the myopia our technology break-throughs always seem to foster. That’s what happened after the first moon landing in 1969. We saw Earth. It was round. It had no dividing lines. And we were vulnerable.
So, looking 50 years into the future, my younger self in 1969 pictured all the progress we could make on social issues.
But then came the cell phone, social media, virtual reality and GPS. Instead of bringing us together, they separated us into our own little worlds. Maybe that’s why I still treasure world maps and colorful globes.
Cyberspace and virtual reality. Maybe someday we’ll discover other such dimensions that will show our Native American friends are not too fair off. People – and everything around us – may be connected in some way we do not yet understand. When and if that happens, our current divisions could look pretty foolish.
* How has your perception of reality changed now that you’re a mature adult?
Dear Jim,
“We accept the fact that there may be other worlds out in space, but might there not be other worlds here? Other worlds, in other dimensions, coexistent with this?”
"That's what Louis L'Amour wrote, and Connie suspects that may be part of the answer."
Thought-provoking.