...I watched the other day. I had a fairly hefty to-do list that included shooping, acquiring, and then actual hands on modifications with said acquisitions. So I did my errands and then watched.
I see people sit in front of the TV, the computer, their phones all day. Some do one thing all day. Are they sequencing DNA for the eradication of cancer? Maybe they are on the phone negotiating peace (or even launching a war) between two factions who have been rivaling since the beginning of time. Or the TV has a special on how to fix cars, budget better, get fit.
It happens at home. It happens at the station. I do not see people anymore work with their hands. I do not see them apply basic concepts of follow-through based on effort. I do not even see someone look up instructions on how to fix a doomiflatcher and then go fix it. I see them fed information and never DO anything with it unless it is to send an email or update it on their Facebook. It boils down to I never see them THINK.
I heard someone the other day state that he was deeply frustrated, depressed, and ADD. I asked him how much time he spent DOING something. Reading, getting out, cleaning his house, playing golf, anything? He watches TV, visits his head-cracker and updates his frankly boring and miserable existence on FB so we can all see it. I asked him if his shrink ever asks him how much time he spends on FB, slumped on the couch, boring the rest of us. He says no. I said you don't think it is odd that he can spend hours doing FB and doodling on the computer but if compelled to do a work task he cries his ADD makes it so hard? He did ask if the medications he was on would preclude him from riding an apparatus. I was forced to tell him his medications wouldn't... but his lack of drive and inability to BE IN EXISTENCE would keep him off my crew.
I see people sit in front of the TV, the computer, their phones all day. Some do one thing all day. Are they sequencing DNA for the eradication of cancer? Maybe they are on the phone negotiating peace (or even launching a war) between two factions who have been rivaling since the beginning of time. Or the TV has a special on how to fix cars, budget better, get fit.
It happens at home. It happens at the station. I do not see people anymore work with their hands. I do not see them apply basic concepts of follow-through based on effort. I do not even see someone look up instructions on how to fix a doomiflatcher and then go fix it. I see them fed information and never DO anything with it unless it is to send an email or update it on their Facebook. It boils down to I never see them THINK.
I heard someone the other day state that he was deeply frustrated, depressed, and ADD. I asked him how much time he spent DOING something. Reading, getting out, cleaning his house, playing golf, anything? He watches TV, visits his head-cracker and updates his frankly boring and miserable existence on FB so we can all see it. I asked him if his shrink ever asks him how much time he spends on FB, slumped on the couch, boring the rest of us. He says no. I said you don't think it is odd that he can spend hours doing FB and doodling on the computer but if compelled to do a work task he cries his ADD makes it so hard? He did ask if the medications he was on would preclude him from riding an apparatus. I was forced to tell him his medications wouldn't... but his lack of drive and inability to BE IN EXISTENCE would keep him off my crew.
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