I'm wondering and worrying that the time may come when we, or someone like us down the road, look at this point in our history and thinks it's 'The Good Old Days." It's hard to imagine but imagination has never been my strong suit.
Others have been far better at seeing what's next, maybe being, as this excerpt from Carl Sagan illustrates, a little too good at seeing what's up around the next bend.
The good news would seem to be we need not fear the future as everything he warned us about has already happened.
-bill kenny
Ramblings of a badly aged Baby Boomer who went from Rebel Without a Cause to Bozo Without a Clue in, seemingly, the same afternoon.
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