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eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
=This is business as usual.  It goes back further than the proposals to
=bore big holes in the mountains surrounding LA to blow the smog away from
=the LA Basin.  You will forget about it, and it will continue to happen.
=Your tolerance to the media outcome, the constant bombardment of information
=will numb you.  And every one else in the world (almost) is doing the same
=thing as else where.  It has to do with the way we are wired and the
=geometry of a globe.  Remember that "crap is jobs." 1/2 ;^)

Let's just ignore this problem and hope it will go away.  If we can't solve
a problem in 1-3 days, we should forget about it and focus our attention on
another problem for the next 1-3 days.  Ever wonder why our problems never
get solved?

Eugene is correct in identifying the media as at least part of this problem.
But just because the media tries to make us think like this doesn't mean we
have to.  If you want any problem like this solved, you have to try to break
this pattern.  And no you probably cannot do this by yourself.  But you
can't hurt, either.  Plus, look at what is happening just because nobody
thinks that they themselves make any difference - nobody tries, so nothing
gets done.  I saw this great example once, I forget where (paraphrased from
memory) :

Whether you yourself litter or not makes very little difference on how dirty
our streets and parks are.  So that means it's okay to litter, right?  But
this ignores the fact that litter will never completely disappear if you
litter.

Maybe we should make a newsgroup alt.apathy?  On second thought, no, because
apathetic people wouldn't care enough to read it.

My apologies if Eugene was being sarcastic in the main part of the message.
But even if so, this is not a total waste - unfortunately there are people
out there who would agree with this message in seriousness.


"Planet Bog - pools of toxic chemicals | Michael Ludwig
bubble under a choking atmosphere      |
of poisonous gases.  But aside from    | mludwig@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
that, it's not much like Earth."       |
        - Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes)  | UCI and I don't agree on anything.