WHAT WOULD YOU THINK IF I TOLD YOU THERE WERE REPORTS COMING IN FROM HEAVEN, WHERE IT HAD JUST BEEN DISCOVERED THAT HEAVEN WAS UNSUSTAINABLE AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SHRUNK AND THERE WERE GOING TO BE REMOVALS AND THERE WOULD HENCEFORTH BE NO ROOM FOR NEW PEOPLE?
WHY DO PEOPLE GO ON HAVING UNSUSTAINABLE DREAMS AND GOALS? IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY IN THIS LIFE YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE YOURSELF BELIEVE SOMEHOW THAT YOU ARE IN HARMONY WITH YOUR WORLD. AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE IN HARMONY AS AN ANIMAL ON THE PLANET EARTH IS TO LIVE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY AND DREAM ONLY SUSTAINABLE DREAMS.
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE MAY NOT EVEN HAVE TO MANUALLY LOAD OR UNLOAD THEIR DISHWASHERS, NEVER MIND DOING THEIR DISHES, JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED AND NO ONE HAS TO DO ANY PHYSICAL WORK, DOES NOT MEAN FOR AN INSTANT THAT ANYBODY IS GOING TO BE ANY HAPPIER. IT IS A MINDLESS GOAL — INCREASING AUTOMATION, INCREASING ASSISTANCE FOR MUNDANITIES — IT IS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE DREAM ABOUT GOING TO HEAVEN, THEY HAVE REALLY NO CLUE WHAT THEY WOULD DO THERE. NO ONE IS GEARED TO ENJOY ENDLESS PEACE IN HEAVEN. WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS FOR OURSELVES IN A DAY. WE ARE ANIMALS AND LIFE IS ESSENTIALLY A MANUAL TRIP. WHEN YOU HAVE ACQUIRED A MACHINE TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH FOR YOU DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE ANY HAPPIER?
THIS HASNT BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT BY MOST OF US. WE PURSUE THESE GOALS WITHOUT EVER ACTUALLY EXAMINING THE LIFE THAT WOULD OBTAIN AT THE OTHER END. IT IS NOT SO MUCH A GOAL — IT IS JUST A MINDLESS CASCADING OF EVENTS.
WE COULD DO BETTER.
