Putting Things in Perspective

The greatest indictment of our (public) education system is this prevalent belief that things just. happen, and so rather than finding the causes of why things happen, people merely look for those to blame when bad things happen. And since things just happen, it is useless to try to make anything good happen -- because everything just happens, whether we want to make them good or not. That of course, leads to despair and futility -- in thinking one can’t make a difference in what happens.

While in-charge, one can merely hope that things work out well because one cannot affect the outcome anyway -- but at least can distract others from all those things that are going wrong, by refocusing society’s attention on all those things that will go perfectly, if we simply do their bidding -- in the present catastrophe.

That their effectiveness could be demonstrated and manifested in the present time is a mere inconvenience for that greater glory promised in the distant future -- which of course, is the kingdom of god and paradise promised, for unquestioning obedience and loyalty.

One of the great delusions, is this idea that nothing can go wrong if one simply votes for the “right” political party, and if one does nothing, peace in the world is assured. In such a world, nobody would ever spill a hot cup of coffee on themselves, eat the wrong things or too much, rather than realizing there are always consequences for one’s actions and inactions.

"Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars . 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States -- one death every 13 minutes.

In 2003 there were 6,328,000 car accidents in the US. There were 2.9 million injuries and 42,643 people were killed in auto accidents.

In 2002, there were an estimated 6,316,000 car accidents in the USA. There were about 2.9 million injuries and 42,815 people were killed in auto accidents in 2002.

There were an estimated 6,356,000 car accidents in the US in 2000. There were about 3.2 million injuries and 41,821 people were killed in auto accidents in 2000 based on data collected by the Federal Highway Administration."

http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/stats.html

That’s a best-case scenario in the United States. Bad things still can happen even with the best safeguards against them happening -- and success is part being lucky and weighing those risks correctly. If there were no wars, would nobody ever die? That’s highly unlikely -- even in the best of circumstances.

What’s really remarkable today is the absence of violence and calamities in the world -- that has those in the news business desperately scrambling to maintain their relevance and self-importance.

Tell us something worth knowing -- so we can make better decisions, instead of arguing over who is smarter than the other -- which is really, a very unintelligent thing to do.