It seems I don't learn. I am still flat out, email load has been heavy lately and will be spending another weekend off the net, hopefully my quota will not blow out too severly.
latest thoughts salvaged from my wiki pageAndrewMcMeikan.
My daughter mentioned that her school project is doing research on famous people. She mentioned her disapointment that Galileo was not considered famous, but people like George Washington are. I asked her why and she said that it was because America is the most important country (note: This is an Australian private school, I thought I was buying better education than this!) When I asked why America is the most important it seemed the only justification is 'because it is', I asked about China or India, and they seem not to be considered important at all. This led me to think about what the real state of the world is without any media distortions: conclusion so far, its a very different world out there...
Anarchy -> distrust -> paranoia -> extreme peer review -> conservative -> stability -> trusting -> vulnurable -> exploited -> chaotic -> anarchy