Ah, where we came from and what are we made up of.
The older I get, the more important DNA appears to be over free well in decisions made.
Are we just a infinitesimal small chemical reaction to experienced events, predetermined by our makeup at the time of the Big Bang? It appears so.
While suddenly ancestor study has become greatly enhanced by the internet, we are still limited to gathering names and at best recording major events like marriage, birth, and death with a steamship passage tossed in. (Back then I ran around the office proclaiming put nothing in an email that you would not cc to the FBI, something that turned out fortunate when I was later sued for 6 million dollars, a lawsuit dismissed with prejudice.)
The future will be vastly different. During the Enron trial it was revealed emails have half lives of at least a thousand years and when you erase an email it is just erased on your computer but Big Brother Google has saved it for all eternity.
In 3 more generations Google and other internet providers will be mature companies of little growth potential.
Then an accountant will come up with a big money cash cow to enhance profit and stock price, selling individual data stored on their vast files of long dead users to their descendants.
For only a million dollars, (equivalent to $100 today dollars) you will be able to follow in almost real time the life history of grand parents and great grand parents by viewing their emails and internet search histories.
Hopefully by then, everyone will have been exposed already so "reality" of what people really are like that none will be disturbed that a grand parent voted for by then disgraced Biden or Trump or sent emails to a hidden love.
So, to my great grandchildren, this reply is to let you know, great grand pa has nothing to hide as he never emailed the real me.
Time, simple yet complex. Timely writing for sure. Thank you. I have been and continue to be a track coach who has yet to coach a sub four minute miler...someday, hopefully soon. And in that quest, the perfect 60 second minute is the time to cover one metric lap of 400 meters, done four times is the goal. Time is the villain so often, especially for track coaches.
Ah, where we came from and what are we made up of.
The older I get, the more important DNA appears to be over free well in decisions made.
Are we just a infinitesimal small chemical reaction to experienced events, predetermined by our makeup at the time of the Big Bang? It appears so.
While suddenly ancestor study has become greatly enhanced by the internet, we are still limited to gathering names and at best recording major events like marriage, birth, and death with a steamship passage tossed in. (Back then I ran around the office proclaiming put nothing in an email that you would not cc to the FBI, something that turned out fortunate when I was later sued for 6 million dollars, a lawsuit dismissed with prejudice.)
The future will be vastly different. During the Enron trial it was revealed emails have half lives of at least a thousand years and when you erase an email it is just erased on your computer but Big Brother Google has saved it for all eternity.
In 3 more generations Google and other internet providers will be mature companies of little growth potential.
Then an accountant will come up with a big money cash cow to enhance profit and stock price, selling individual data stored on their vast files of long dead users to their descendants.
For only a million dollars, (equivalent to $100 today dollars) you will be able to follow in almost real time the life history of grand parents and great grand parents by viewing their emails and internet search histories.
Hopefully by then, everyone will have been exposed already so "reality" of what people really are like that none will be disturbed that a grand parent voted for by then disgraced Biden or Trump or sent emails to a hidden love.
So, to my great grandchildren, this reply is to let you know, great grand pa has nothing to hide as he never emailed the real me.
Impressive round up…
Time, simple yet complex. Timely writing for sure. Thank you. I have been and continue to be a track coach who has yet to coach a sub four minute miler...someday, hopefully soon. And in that quest, the perfect 60 second minute is the time to cover one metric lap of 400 meters, done four times is the goal. Time is the villain so often, especially for track coaches.
Charles, thanks. I grew up in a track & field family, but no distance beyond 120 yards. But time in the HH hurdles was always there too…
Ooh. I love the imagery of sailing on....