THE FUTURE IN THE PAST

MAYBE ITS JUST ME BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE REGRESING INSTEAD OF PROGRESSING. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH A CATALOG THE OTHER DAY WITH MY DAD AND I SAW AN AD THAT READ " NEW ECOFRIENDLY LAWN MOWER JUST $99." WHEN YOU SEE THE PICTURE OF THE "NEW LAWN MOWER" IT IS ACTUALLY THE KIND THAT THEY HAD BACK IN THE SEVENTIES THE ONES WITH THE CYLINDRICAL BLADES THAT ARE HAND PUSHED AND HAVE NO MOTOR. I LOOKED AT MY DAD AND SAID "REALLY". THOSE THINGS AREN'T NEW THAY ARE THE SAME, THE DESIGN IS NOT DIFFERENT, THE COLOR IS THE SAME, THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY RED. THEY ARE ECOFRIENDLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT RUN ON GAS AND DO NOT POLLUDE. NO, WAIT THEY ARE DIFFERENT A FEW YEARS AGO YOU COULD GO TO ANY GARAGE SALE AND GET ONE FOR ABOUT 5 MAYBE 10 BUCKS BUT NOW YOU CAN GET YOUR VERY OWN "ECOFRIENDLY" LAWN MOWER FOR THE LOW PRICE OF JUST $99. MAYBE AS A SOCIETY WE HAVE REACHED THAT POINT IN OUR EVOLUTION IN WHICH WE LOOK BACK IN ORDER TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW WE ARE MOVING BACK INSTEAD OF FORWARD OR IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD POST THEM UP.