Change is the word, if not the noun and adjective of the day, and obviously Presidential campaign. I would like to know what you think change is in this campaign year? Experience, "new blood", inexperience, same old stuff....what is the truth?
"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human
intelligence long enough to get money from it." - Stephen Leacock
So, where do you stand on the truth? What is change to you? Are you really ready for change?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Consumerism
I’m reading a book that a friend gave me for Christmas, “The Omnivore's Dilemma”.
"The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a 2006 non-fiction book by Michael Pollan in which the author explores the question "What should we have for dinner?" To answer this question, he follows four meals, each derived through a different food-production system, from their origins to the plate. Along the way, Pollan examines the ethical, political, and ecological factors that are intertwined in the industrial, large-scale organic, small-scale organic, and personal (hunted-gathered) food chains, while describing the environmental and health consequences that result from our food choices within these chains." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A great read. I’m thinking we can’t just keep consuming in our unconscious and oblivious disregard for the planet and our fellow humans. I’m all for development, but within reason. I remember a book written by Vance Packard in the early 60’s, “The Waste Makers”. Here’s a review from one reader that I found on Amazon,
“It has been years since I read this book, but its message is very timely. It deals with the strategy of companies to manufacture goods that wear out or break down so they need to be replaced. As I recall it deals heavily with the automobile industry. But in truth, the US auto industry could not hold a candle to the computer and software industry of today. This is also true of many other consumer goods. GDP is literally a measure of our garbage! Waste Makers is worth a read”.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
– JOHN LOCKE
"The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a 2006 non-fiction book by Michael Pollan in which the author explores the question "What should we have for dinner?" To answer this question, he follows four meals, each derived through a different food-production system, from their origins to the plate. Along the way, Pollan examines the ethical, political, and ecological factors that are intertwined in the industrial, large-scale organic, small-scale organic, and personal (hunted-gathered) food chains, while describing the environmental and health consequences that result from our food choices within these chains." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A great read. I’m thinking we can’t just keep consuming in our unconscious and oblivious disregard for the planet and our fellow humans. I’m all for development, but within reason. I remember a book written by Vance Packard in the early 60’s, “The Waste Makers”. Here’s a review from one reader that I found on Amazon,
“It has been years since I read this book, but its message is very timely. It deals with the strategy of companies to manufacture goods that wear out or break down so they need to be replaced. As I recall it deals heavily with the automobile industry. But in truth, the US auto industry could not hold a candle to the computer and software industry of today. This is also true of many other consumer goods. GDP is literally a measure of our garbage! Waste Makers is worth a read”.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
– JOHN LOCKE
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