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I have found that there is the world as it is verbalized and publicized and theorized and prophesized and, then, there is the real world, a sphere where a person is the center of his own universe.and left to his own devices finds a way to cope and survive, be it by random luck or deliberate maneuvering. What I also know is that things will never go back to being the way they were. Technology has, indeed, wreaked havoc of menial labor and even eliminated the need for many skilled jobs. In the meantime, problems cry for solutions, and solutions invariably split out into more problems. Turmoil is the norm and there is order to the chaos as the little blue planet wavers in its orbit. Ironically, it has been my lot to stay under the radar. For the past 20 years, nothing happening in the world has had any great impact on me. Kinda like living in a bubble where the more things changed, the more they became the same. Since retiring from the post office in 1992, I have lived an unremarkable life unphased by all the economic upheaval going on around me. Uncle Sam sends me 2 checks every month, and once a year he gives me a cost of living raise. Everything that happened in one area has been offset in another so that to this day I have mangaged to maintain a stable existence. I am a member of what was once known as "the silent majority". People who manage to get by. What lies ahead for my children and grandchildren, I do not know, but if being good at texting and tweeting and navigating the Internet, - and this may very well be a factor, - they will somehow find their niche in a re-formatted world. I'm sure the author of "Who Owns The Future" has done a good job of defining the situation, and hard times lie ahead. That's the way it goes... I only have one question. What possessed this man to have a swarm of long, down-past-his-waist, synthetic dread locks woven into his own hair roots?????

This is all the more reason why I've been saying for years we need to have a NEW Industrial Revolution in this nation. Too many people are going to college and coming out expecting a cushy job where they can sit on their ass and play with computers and cell phones instead of actually doing physical work that builds and produces.t The bubble has to burst at some point. What we see going on in the Western world today could be considered an ECONOMIC GENOCIDE of sorts. Just like tearing down the housing projects without building more affordable housing was a signal that instead of focusing on erasing POVERTY, they decided to focus on erasing THE POOR THEMSELVES. On the economic front....., Instead of producing enough decent jobs for the millions of low skill and unskilled who are already unemployed and the millions more on there way, hey have now decided to simply ignore them and forget about them all together. A lot of young Black professionals have foolishly bought into the hype many other young and less experienced professionals have bought into that if they work for free or or "bust thier ass" for peanuts that somehow one day the executives or "corporate" will recognize thier value. The older generation of Blacks failed to teach them the tricks and traps of the corporate world. The bottom line is the only thing that counts and they'll use anyone stupid enough to present themselves for free labor. Many young White professionals are catching on to this pimping game and are now suing many of thier former employers where they worked for free as interns. Maybe this is a good thing............. Truth be told, there are too many people "blogging" and using social media anyway. It's taking away too much valuable time and energy that could be used for the rebuilding of society. Maybe some of our youth will become so disenchanted with trying to make it in the artificial cyber world that they'll trade in their Docker pants for a pair of overalls, move to the country and learn how to farm and grow their own food.