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To: ajtj99 who wrote (53112)	2/28/2022 3:46:36 PM
From: Sun Tzu	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 97204

Let me give you another angle. I am an avid sci-fi fan. If you recall the sci fi stories of the past, be it Jules Verne's or Isaac Asimov's or even dark ones like Orwell's, they envisioned a world that was scientifically drastically different than the world they lived in. Much of it was very aspirational - from helicopters to Flying cars, from talking computers to teleconferencing, to androids and remote work etc etc. Speaking from memory, I think 1984 mentions some 113 inventions that did not exist at the time and about 100 of them are now in common use. Jules Verne envisioned exploring the seas with submarines and space travel to the moon and many other things - almost all of them happened. When I watch the modern science fiction, I can't see anything drastically different than what the original Star Trek envisioned 60 years ago. I don't see anything with a "wow factor" that would inspire the current generation the way past generations were inspired by the Star Trek or 60,000 leagues under the sea. How can a society achieve greatness if it is too concerned with the mundane to dream beyond its reach? Visions of making America/Russia/UK/etc "great again" are all throwbacks to bygone eras. When each country was great, it was not so because they had done the same as had been before, but because they had achieved a vision conceived years before that was so much greater than what they were then. And just to add one more point about this culture of stagnation, consider this: A Roman did not aspire to be better than his peers. Romans compared themselves to every other Roman who had ever lived and wanted to be greater than them. Alexander the Great is quoted in his teen years to have been upset that his father had already done every great thing there was to do and now nothing worthy is left for him to achieve. But kids today are just too compliant to achieve greatness. Leadership has given way to management. Judgement and insight has given way to "process maturity."

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