It's Getting Better All The Time

[JAG]

On a cheerful note I am rereading a book titled "Its Getting Better All
The Time: 100 Greatest Trends Of The Last 100 Years, by Stephen Moore
and Julian Simon. Here are a couple of comments from the blurbs:

"A refreshing breath of optimism and sanity amidst all the gloom and
doom."__John Stossel ABC News

"This book is so chock full of good news that it's virtually guaranteed
to cheer up even the clinically depressed. Moore and Simon dismantle
the doomsday pessimism that's still so commonplace in academia and
the media. The evidence they present is irrefutable: Give people freedom
and free enterprise and the potential for human progress is seemingly
limitless."__Lawrence Kudlow, Chief Economist, CNBC


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I am reading another book that is cheerful and uplifting
to the human sprit. The title is Abundance : The Future Is
Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven
Kotler.

Here are a few quotes from the blurbs on the back cover:

"This brilliant must-read book provides the key to the
coming era of abundance replacing eons of scarcity.
Abundance is a powerful antidote to today's malaise
and pessimism."___Ray Kurzweil

"This is an audacious and powerful read! Abundance shows
us how today's philanthropists, innovators, and passionate
entrepreneurs are more empowered than ever before to solve
humanity's grand challenges."___ Jeff Skoll

"Our world faces multiple crises and is awash in pessimism.
Abundance redirects the conversation. spotlighting scientific
innovators working to improve people's lives. The result is
more than a portrait of brilliant minds -- it's a reminder of the
infinite possibilities for doing good when we tap into our own
empathy and wisdom."___ Arianna Huffington

One more quote from the inside cover:

"Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived
in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional
wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing -- fast."


JAG Note: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think has
386 pages and is a gripping read especially if you love people
and have an interest in the future and have a continual hope
in your heart that the future will be bright, hopeful, cheerful,
and characterized by economic growth.


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[BULLDOG]

On a cheerful note I am rereading a book titled "Its Getting Better All
The Time: 100 Greatest Trends Of The Last 100 Years, by Stephen Moore
and Julian Simon. Here are a couple of comments from the blurbs:

"A refreshing breath of optimism and sanity amidst all the gloom and
doom."__John Stossel ABC News

"This book is so chock full of good news that it's virtually guaranteed
to cheer up even the clinically depressed. Moore and Simon dismantle
the doomsday pessimism that's still so commonplace in academia and
the media. The evidence they present is irrefutable: Give people freedom
and free enterprise and the potential for human progress is seemingly
limitless."__Lawrence Kudlow, Chief Economist, CNBC


_________________


I am reading another book that is cheerful and uplifting
to the human sprit. The title is Abundance : The Future Is
Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven
Kotler.

Here are a few quotes from the blurbs on the back cover:

"This brilliant must-read book provides the key to the
coming era of abundance replacing eons of scarcity.
Abundance is a powerful antidote to today's malaise
and pessimism."___Ray Kurzweil

"This is an audacious and powerful read! Abundance shows
us how today's philanthropists, innovators, and passionate
entrepreneurs are more empowered than ever before to solve
humanity's grand challenges."___ Jeff Skoll

"Our world faces multiple crises and is awash in pessimism.
Abundance redirects the conversation. spotlighting scientific
innovators working to improve people's lives. The result is
more than a portrait of brilliant minds -- it's a reminder of the
infinite possibilities for doing good when we tap into our own
empathy and wisdom."___ Arianna Huffington

One more quote from the inside cover:

"Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived
in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional
wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing -- fast."


JAG Note: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think has
386 pages and is a gripping read especially if you love people
and have an interest in the future and have a continual hope
in your heart that the future will be bright, hopeful, cheerful,
and characterized by economic growth.


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[Gdjjr]

LOL- I'm an optimistic pessimist, sometimes vice versa with a heavy dose of cynicism thrown in for balance-

The obvious, in today's world, is that image over substance is what's important and used as a tool for those who believe themselves to be smarter and better than others, to the point of making laws to prove it-

With but a scent of inquisitiveness one can see quite clearly there are many who prefer being told what to believe/think etc., vs choosing the less traveled path. When a "critic" or an academic, or just poster says "must read"- I won't.

Mickey Newbury has a song titled, "The Future's No What It Used To Be"- and it's not. But, change is inevitable. Adapting is key. Forced adaptation is immoral.

Letting others (society) determine what you think of yorself via wealth accumulation means, in essence, the clothes make the man.

 

[Gdjjr]

And, I'll add, I've never been a slave to fashion-

 

[Dick Foster]

LOL I'm both a cynic and pessimist that way I'm never disappointed or caught up in some silly assed con.

 

[Gdjjr]

Listen to the lyrics