What I Think of Change

Basic breakdown of what humans are really all about:

Time = Evolution = Existence = Structure/Organization = Government/Politics = Religion = War = Sex = Trade = Technology = Learning and much more...

Everything seems to be based around time.  We cannot control time, it is inevitable, therefore some say we need to take advantage of it.

Alright let's back up... History has a great deal to with all this as well doesn't it?  What about the basic necessities like food, fitness, shelter, H20, clothes, and transportation, don't they play into the system of understanding our purpose?  Yes of course they do.

What are you trying to accomplish by listing words and making blog posts like this?  It is the new form of therapy that the world can read and either relate to our say... Wow this guy is weird, why does he write?  Another ramble is good for the heart and mind.  The more we share and try and solve our problems of why we are here and what we can do is cool. 

From foreign policies to war, to population growth... It is all happening and will continue to.  As we get more and more educated maybe population growth will go down but war will always be around but so will peace.  The freedom that American's have to write and post online is amazing, I must say... I love to ramble and pass the time by attempting to understand 401k plans and retirement pension plans... Wait, no I don't... I want to play video games... This is our dilemma.  Read the next post for more about this... Have a wonderful day and try not to burst too many brain cells thinking about creation of humans and quantum physics... Just kidding:)

Controlling the Mess and Grasping Myself

As a ramble off another blog post, let me begin by saying, wow!  An American culture of non-spellers and mathematics gone away... The more I read the more I get upset.  I try and stay optimistic with my own life and with our country but we are really falling behind.  I can't believe I am now a college graduate and I am looking for work.  I am doing it slowing but I am doing it.  It is a process worth taking time with and it is challenging.  The skill levels are high and a college diploma means a little, but not much in the 21st century.  I read an article the other night stating that even for factory jobs, they are requiring some basic testing of math skills and reading.  People are not passing them!  Would I pass them?  They are set supposedly on a 9th grade level of expectation... Scary, right?  I hate to put people down, especially our youth and I am one of them.  At 27 now I am hard on myself but now that our ever changing and competitive world is a crazy place but with ambition and a fight it is possible to make it.  Sure there are plenty of engineers,mathematicians, and young scientists out there... I am not doubting that... My concern falls back on me.  The problem comes down to our new lifestyles.  It's not that new but new enough. 

From video games, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter, do we spend too much time on  the World Wide Web browsing pictures of friends and looking up food receipts?  We don't care about spelling or math as much, we have computers to fix everything!  Yes, we do and isn't it great, but does it work for every circumstance, I think not... But can we program, operate machines, understand economics, and still take care of each other and treat each other fairly?  I would hope so.  We are constantly re-building and as the youth takes control and the baby boomers retire shortly we are in for a rude awaking.  Its not all bad... I look at it from my own perspective and my own education.  I am now a college graduate, I said that before but I feel like my writing, reading, and math skills are lower then where they should be for someone who is going to be working as a business man in the next year in whatever occupation I get.  Can I blame it on my educators, yes I can, but I also must blame myself.  Everyday is a new learning experience, that is my outlook now and that is what truly matters.  The past is nothing but the past, you or I cannot change it.  Yes, I am unemployed now and I don't really know where to start to look for work.

Skill sets are now more specific and or specialized in today's world.  I am well rounded I would like to think.  A well rounded, organized, open-minded, creative person is seen, but because of technology, we are more or less blended in with each other.  I see it as, if you don't have high levels of brain power or web skills then what do you have in this world?  This is what I did believe for a long time.  I had a change of heart recently.  We need people that still like to interact with people and can do so.  Sales positions should hopefully never fade to the internet or government positions.  I may be way off here and please feel free to add more jobs or specify occupations to help me.  I find myself roaming on advertising, marketing, sales, and government related positions.  I like to speak, I like to be around people, I like to read and watch the daily news, and I strive to be behind and support people.  Giving support and backing friends and or employees or employers is an interest but what kind of work is that?  Law?

I have to say I also enjoy our every growing world of technology and flattened world playground.  It is amazing and if we can come to grips with China and India and the power they hold, then we should really turn heads in the next few decades.  Understand that Brazil and Europe will be the big picture as well.  I foresee it.  I also see Africa in the new daily changing and overcoming some huge obstacles as an underdeveloped nation.  I don't want to continue on economics, world policies, or my ideas of where we will be in the next 40 or 50 years but if you read my blog you will see a bunch of random interesting things.  Read on and continue to support the youth and our endeavors to learn and grow into something truly amazing and different:)  I just want to thank my friends and family and Southern Vermont College for believing in me and telling me to follow my dreams even though I never really knew what exactly they were...  

College is amost finished and is anyone following my blog?

Communication is vital in the world today and it is important to understand how important it really is.  From cell phones to computers, to interactive media; the world is fast and moving faster everyday.  We have programs like Facebook, Twitter, and our own blogs.  This is great and communicating with each other on a daily basis and the passing of information quickly is also great but when will we slow down?  I don't think anytime soon.

From iPads to Kindles, online reading and newspapers available at a blink of an eyelash is something that is inevitable but there is much more talk than there is walking on these new devices.  Yes, schools are integrating them into their curriculum but there is a cost and there may be a downside as well.  Are we as people spending too much time on computers and with technology?  Many wouldn't think twice in the fast world we live in of instant food and fast cars... The future holds many tools that are handy but will they make or help us become smarter or lazier?  That is the true question.  I may be saying things you have already heard many times before but it is important that we understand how to use tools properly and still teach our youth what they need to survive in an unstable economy and a new world order. 

Otto Scharmer, professor and author of Theory U offer excellent insight into a new culture and a world where sustainability and structure will prevail.  He has had programs at MIT and is an all around brilliant man.  Check him out- Otto Scharmer's Blog.

He is truly a remarkable business leader of the 21st century.  His efforts to not only educate his students and business leaders are profound beyond belief because his theories are fairly simple yet when really broken down extremely complex to put into place.  One could read Theory U a few times and still pick up new information on themselves and practical information on worldly business ethics and culture amongst just a few topics. 

Another one of my favorite writers of today is a little cliche I would say because he is very popular and writes very simple but is very informative I believe (Thomas Friedman).  His newest work; Hot, Flat, and Crowded sounds great!  I read The World is Flat and found it to be pretty close to being right on... I did read it after Y2K and after Walmart had taken over the world and UPS had started its domination process on the Postal Service but still it was cool looking at how the processes of everything worked and still works.  Amazing, a little depressing, but usually very truthful.  Because I just got back from China I can now really start to understand how the world is flattened and how we really need to get and stay connected with each other to benefit off of not only our resources but as people.  We should celebrate our differences and embrace our problems with open arms and fix them... But as a team.  If the team effort doesn't work it is my opinion we live it alone.  Please don't get me started on the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.  At least we are pretty much out of Iraq but why are we still in Afghanistan? 

Last but certainly not least Peter Barnes must be mentioned in this blog entry.  I hope I don't burn any of the truly incredible writers by highlighting them... Anyways no one really reads this so I guess it doesn't matter right now.  Anyways, Peter Barnes wrote Capitalism 3.0 and I read it in my junior year in College about a year or so ago.  I found it to be very intriguing and I had no idea what I was getting into when I started to read it.  It is offered for FREE as a pdf document online!  If you want it just click here!  If you are interested in "the commons" and how they are some of the most important factors in our society today try it out.  Lets just say its a book about figuring out how to be sustainable in every way (looking at our streams and rivers, to our natural resources, to what we have lost) and making capitalism work in a different ways... An updated form of Capitalism "3.0".  Take a look at it I am bad at explaining what it is all about.  I read it more than a year ago and I should re-evaluate it before I try and describe it to you.  Anyways until next time happy journeys and I hope someday someone will read this blog and leave me a note:)