Well, no way am I even close to suicidal. Only mental problems lead to suicide--not any outside influence IMHO.
Having said that, I owe a debt of gratitude to an old flame who brought me into the woods. As a child, I used to love my Uncle Ernie's bungalow in Long Island, which was in the middle of the woods, then I got away from that kind of experience, was a corporate wife, did all the tourist places and never felt content.
In the 90's I hiked and camped and canoed and made love under the stars on the bank of a lake in the Adirondacks. Until I got out there again, I neve realized how much I missed it. Nature fills my soul.
There is a way home, of course. Go take a walk in the woods! I'll come!
Evolution my friend. Or innovation? Question is does either support large population growth? My kids have more to worry about than my grand parents. Has modernization created more problems than it has resolved? Or is it as you say " the human race suffers from amnesia ", that we have forgotten how to live and enjoy the fruits of our labors? Or is it just plan old greed?
Agrees with Crest.......I feel solitude when I witness wind blowing through trees just before a storm, lighning bugs at night, and the smell of fresh cut grass. It all reminds me of my youth. Funny how much time I sit in my window just looking outside.
"Only mental problems lead to suicide--not any outside influence IMHO."
Tell that to all the Native Americans who simply let themselves die after being moved onto reservations
"There is a way home, of course. Go take a walk in the woods! I'll come! "
That's not a way home. . .that's a momentary respite from the nightmare.
"Question is does either support large population growth?"
For hundreds of thousands of years there was almost no "population growth." Why is population growth viewed as inevitable?
I am not saying we should all go out and jump off bridges. I'm saying, in my humble opinion, the human race made a very wrong turn about 10,000 years ago.
Perhaps it was inevitable. Perhaps all the people with "old brains" will die off and only the Geeks will procreate and a new subspecies will emerge.
Or perhaps we'll follow the Lemmings over the edge.
th lemming were a hoax they do not ovweopulate and commit mass sricide. now someone pleasde explain what this post is all about ae you looking for some lost tribes?
The Native Americans --cultural differences. Ancient Romans, Samurai--different cultures, believed suicide was an answer. I am speaking of America. In other cultures, it is okay to eat people as well. Here, that would be a sign of mental problems.
I don't think we made a wrong turn. I am sure people were unhappy 10,000 years ago and people are unhappy now. Or people were happy 10,000 years ago and people are happy now.
People are people are people are people.
