The Future

Being a human means we like to look to the future but we also don't like to look to the future. It's a living conundrum, an existential issue, whatever we want to call it. Fear is a future-based emotion. It always has been. Think about that. We don't get fearful of things already happened. That state doesn't exist. Here's where the quandary lies when it comes to fear-based action. Since we can't completely project what will happen, we tune in to what some say or believe what might happen and we form our own belief systems from that point. The majority of us do not grow up in a setting seen in Revenant (check that out soon) or Iceland or Antarctica (which may be inhabited before long). This means we mainly exist in mini-spheres of the global sphere. But the thing is that with all of the connectedness and globalization of communication and what-not, these mini spheres are popping like bubbles we would blow on a summer day. This means something.

For one, it means that America is very likely to look plenty different in 15-20 years than it does now. It has happened in Europe - ask Germans how they are coping with immigration - and it means that it is going to happen here sooner than many think. It almost may be another Ellis Island scenario which actually wouldn't be that bad at all. We can't be globally connected in every which way and then choose to be disconnected in other ways. That is an odd human state and it is a goofy way of being or looking at things. You'll watch these "debates" and what we can do about immigration issues but it is not going to stop anyone from knocking on our doors. People are sneaking in here as I am writing this.* And we are spending billions of dollars on patrolling or in ways to prevent such action. Mainly, people need a place to go. Go means live and live means function and maybe even flourish. Time will tell. But don't be surprised if the Mediterranean landscape ends up looking like the Atlantic with people searching for a place to be. After all, this is the 1Home and for now the only one we have.

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*We could be having these probable conversations now (and on a televised and hugely marketed level) but we elect to usually not deal with things until they are at problematic proportions (Oil??). Plus we talk about stuff in relation to the dollar, which carries little weight when breaking things down to the facts. It's the American way, it has a base in fear, and it is at times a frightening way to be.