Robert Cook This is why your work is so important. It supports community. Gladwell's writing in 'Outliers' tells the importance of community. Roseto, PA had no heart attacks as long as they had community. It wasn't gardening. This was an Italiam immigrant community organized around the Roan Catholic church. One seess the same thing when a society is impacted by one of higher technology. Too often the lower-technology society goes into a steep decline.
Now, we are in a big technology advance. This is causing breakdowns. Example: political rhetoric. This is well-shown by Gurri in 'The Revolt of the Public' which was written befor Trump and before Brexit.Remember, Bob, how important your work is. And Louise has geneaology book for her and our families. She gave them to grandchildren for Christmas.
I'm doing something similar for the future.
Supply chains will break down. That's why one of my efforts is toward self-sufficiency in vegetables. (I also would hope to have old cars (EMP-proof) that can use ethanol exclusively, as early Fords did. Then there's solar and other electricity.
BUT I am not entrepreneurially capable. I have absented myself too much while I work on 'The Next Thousand Years A Prayer' Even Rosenstock said his stuff would not be in use until 70 years after his death--1973. www.erhfund.org, 'Universal History 1954'. Harvard, Dartmouth, Peace Corps. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Another trouble spot. Eledctronic communication. DM Public Schools wanted to go 100% virtual during Covid, Khan Academy has 100 million students, Project Gutenberg has 67,000 FREE books--these two among many. Now, there's much community investment in schools--60% of state budget. What happens when it become better and cheaper electronically?
We need community for health.See Roseto Effect on wikipedia.
That's why I proposed 'Urban Farmer' and Ruth Stout's 'no-work' gardening. She uses hay.
Love in King Jesus, Chuck
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