[ExI] quiet growth

[John Grigg]

Spike, I found your posting "quietly inspirational."  I think that even if
you were a billionaire, that you will still be up on that roof, potentially
risking your life, to save some money and also feel self-reliant!  :  )

I look forward to the day when via virtual reality, we can learn online in
ways that smack of an interactive Star Trek holodeck.


John  :  )

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:30 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:01 AM, spike  wrote:
> > California went several years with very little rain, but now it is
> drenching
> > us.  Five houses on my street had roof leaks, so the roofers were out in
> > force making a fortune.  I went and googled on roof repairs with my
> style of
> > concrete shingle and found plenty of good suggestions.  So I got up there
> > and did them.  Next rainstorm was yesterday, leak fixed, cost zero point
> > double naughts, my favorite price tag.  I already owned the little bit of
> > material required.
> >
> > All those home-repair videos came about in the last ten to fifteen years
> is
> > quiet growth of wealth; nothing spectacular or splashy, but the
> cumulative
> > effect is high.
> >
>
> Congratulations on successful DIY!  A good repair job does give a
> great sense of achievement.
> (As you know from motorbikes).
>
> However, ladders and roofs are surprisingly dangerous. Check the
> accident statistics.
> One estimate said about 1,000 people a month in the UK are taken to
> hospital after an argument with a ladder. And if you include all home
> repair accidents there is a continual stream of hospital admissions.
> Using unfamiliar tools and equipment with little training is risky.
> There are lots of videos of people falling off roofs and ladders,
> sawing trees that fall on houses and cars, etc.
> DIY (Do it yourself) is dangerous!
>
> >
> >
> > With respect to transhumanism, I must think that accumulated knowledge of
> > programming in the general population is a form of quiet growth towards
> > Transhumanist goals.  Hope so.
> >
>
>
> Maybe....  But modern tech is transforming humanity anyway.
>
> BillK
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