What do we know about speed?
The speed of time travels at one second per second Speed is irrelevant if you’re going in the wrong direction. The speed of the human mind is remarkable. Just like its inability to recognize the obvious. Speed is no advantage round a vicious circle. Speed (time) is money And of course… Speed kills. And that’s the most obvious problem in our ocean today. Real mysteries remain about Canadian confederation. Following the story of the original Canadian separatist, Joe Howe, and the events surrounding Dominion Day, Canada’s first birthday, gives a unique perspective of anti-confederate rebels, rogues and riches. Regular people spoke out against a system of power and control totally absorbed with empire building on a scale rarely seen before or since that got us into confederation. Nova Scotia’s anti-confederates hoped to get us out. But they had limits bound by politeness, respect, and the natural urge of peace. In our work we do a lot of timelines.
If all of human history was played out in your lifetime... Happy 40th Birthday. You learned to control fire on your first birthday. You invented farming about six months ago. Jesus came and went one afternoon in the spring. The machines of the industrial revolution popped up last week. You first heard of the internet after breakfast this morning. And now you're reading this note and wondering about what happens tomorrow, which is nearly 30 years from now. In our work we do a lot of timelines.
If all of human history was played out in your lifetime... Happy 40th Birthday. You learned to control fire on your first birthday. You invented farming about six months ago. Jesus came and went one afternoon in the spring. The machines of the industrial revolution popped up last week. You first heard of the internet after breakfast this morning. And now you're reading this note and wondering about what happens tomorrow, which is nearly 30 years from now. It's amazing to look back now and see which bits of my father's advice I picked up and which examples I chose to follow from all those years. I think it's in this choosing, which can change over time, that the child gets to choose who their father is. |
John Wesley
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