No doubt age changes perception.
It also does not seem cold enough to be this late in the year. By now an endless rain of winter should be upon Seattle. But today it is 44 degrees and sunny. This is not the same Seattle I moved from Minneapolis to almost fifty years ago. For decades the pattern was clear. Endless rain with a couple or three weeks of snow in midwinter. Very predictable, but things are much more random now. I think it has been below freezing twice. It has been cold, but not freezing.
We live in different times and it is not just the weather.
In the 70's the 50's seemed like ancient history. Now old times are marketed $$$ so thoroughly that twenty years ago does seem like yesterday. If in the 1970's old farts from the 1920's were still pushing old music it would have been weird. Not so now.
Society ossified. But nobody told me. Social contradictions baked in the cake by cheap energy are tolerated by the satisfaction of general need. Inequities hidden by human tribalism which ignores those who are out-group, flourish.
Money found a sweet spot and locked us down.
- Solar Power, The Evolution I have seen.
Started by K-Dog Dec 26, 2023, 10:26 AM
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