Sparky
1st December 2011, 09:11 PM
I think this is well written. Very good insight on how we have come to view a "job" as a commodity, which is probably why the government is having so much trouble creating them.
The essay has the usual doom overtones, but ends with a better attitude: Stuff is going to happen, things are going to change, so be prepared to roll with it. It's not the end of the world. That's kind of how I view all of our SHTF talk, i.e. not with fear but with awareness, curiosity, and anticipation.
I'll quote the final paragraph:
This holiday season spend a little time musing on what the re-set economy will be like in your part of the country. Think of what you do in it as a "role," or a "vocation," or a "trade," or a "calling," or a "way of life," rather than a "job." Imagine that life will surely go on, even civilized life, though it will be organized differently. Add to this the notion that you are part of a larger group, a society, and that societies evolve emergently according to the circumstances that their time and place presents. Let that imagining be your new American Dream.
http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/11/your-new-american-dream.html
The essay has the usual doom overtones, but ends with a better attitude: Stuff is going to happen, things are going to change, so be prepared to roll with it. It's not the end of the world. That's kind of how I view all of our SHTF talk, i.e. not with fear but with awareness, curiosity, and anticipation.
I'll quote the final paragraph:
This holiday season spend a little time musing on what the re-set economy will be like in your part of the country. Think of what you do in it as a "role," or a "vocation," or a "trade," or a "calling," or a "way of life," rather than a "job." Imagine that life will surely go on, even civilized life, though it will be organized differently. Add to this the notion that you are part of a larger group, a society, and that societies evolve emergently according to the circumstances that their time and place presents. Let that imagining be your new American Dream.
http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/11/your-new-american-dream.html