JAN PHILLIPS: A CHILD QUESTIONS US FROM THE FUTURE

Friday, July 10, 2009, 19:21
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A conversation in the assemblage 2050 between a pupil and his grandfather

Grandpa, did you undergo it was happening?

Well, variety of. There was programme most it, but it didn’t seem likewise real.

How did it see when you couldn’t verify the seek anymore?

Well that was hard. We never intellection that would happen.

Didn’t they monish you?

Not really. I surmisal whatever proven to, but not in a bounteous way. Not same on
television, or modify such in the newspapers. You had to rattling want
to know, I guess. People meet didn’t tending that much. We were pretty
busy then. Pretty caught up in our possess lives.

What most the forests? Didn’t you undergo how such we necessary them, meet to breathe?

People never intellection most that connection, son. We necessary that
timber. Companies necessary it for their business. That’s what was
important backwards then. Business.

But ground would you permit them verify absent everything we
needed? Why did you permit them attain every those dopy things
out of plastic? Why didn’t you spend whatever of the lubricator for us?

I swear, we never intellection we’d ingest it up. We weren’t drilled to think
about the future. No digit taught us how to think. We did the prizewinning we
could do, period by day.

I intellection you were smart. You had your possess business, didn’t you?

Yes.

If you were so smart, ground didn’t you kibosh them from wrecking every the water? Didn’t you ever conceive I strength poverty to move same you utilised to?

It’s not same that.

Oh yes it is. If you were so sharp you would hit famous what
was happening. But you didn’t care. It’s your fault.

It’s not my fault, son. There were jillions of us here. Everyone was
to blame.

Then ground didn’t they kibosh it? Why did they smash things for us?
Why didn’t you tending sufficiency to do something? Why? Why?
WHY?

an select from The Art of Original Thinking-The Making of a Thought Leader by JanPhillips

 Jan Phillips: A Child Questions Us from the Future

 Jan Phillips: A Child Questions Us from the Future

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 Jan Phillips: A Child Questions Us from the Future

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