a.) The future has imploded into the present. There was no Nuclear Armageddon. There is too much real estate to lose. The new battlefield is people's minds.
b.) The megacorps ARE the new governments.
c.) The U.S. is a big bully with lackluster economic power.
d.) The world is splintering into a trillion subcultures and designer cults with their own languages, codes and lifestyles.
e.) Computer generated info-domains are the next frontiers.
f.) There is better living through chemistry.
-Quote from a source I failed to make note of.David
Taganga, Columbia
12 comments:
This sounds vaguely familiar.
This sounds vaguely familiar.
sounds like Dave Stamation. I like a and b. Depressing stuff Dave, where is the positive in all of this..I think you need to take a trip to Buddha...
I like something Jerry Garcia said in a song. The world ain't sweeter the grass ain't greener on either side of the hill.
Fifi, you've been gone too long. This shit already happened!
Dana and Brian,
Life is both, the good and the bad...
I just returned to a city for first time in over two weeks after a special time in the remote desert region of Guijira in Colombia with no internet, no electricity and no water.
Everything is dusty and full of sand and to my surprise sitting at a computer feels a tad odd.
Of interest: Five people entered the desert and One came out.
David
Valledupar, Colombia
sounds scary that five people went into the desert and only one came out. Maybe I am not reading this correct. How is it in Columbia? Is it as dangerous as you here it is?
What a good feeling to have about sitting at a compute. I long for it to feel weird to me. So tired of the sales game and the over all bull shit they try to sell you. The greed and distrust of fellow employees. The backstabber and overall assholes that you have to spend most of your time with. No wonder some many people here are depressed....
Ok I am at work...
Have fun Dave, keep traveling. you must have come across a bunch of cash in order to be free for so long...
Dana
I just tried posting and it didn't take after all my deep writing.
So what is this about 5 people in a desert and only one returns? Is it as dangerous as people say in Columbia?
I long for the feeling of a computer being weird. I spend most of the day on it in the sales game. I can't stand the game that much anymore. Tired of working with people I would rather not know. The greed and distrust of fellow workers is tiring. No wonder most of our society is depressed we spend to much time on the treadmill.
Lucky you Dave, keep traveling. You must have come across some money or just been smart on investments to be able to do this for so long.
oh ok so I wrote twice now I see that you have to approve my post ok... What is that about?
WTF? Did you eat them?
C'mon what's the story in the desert?
Dana and Brian,
I should not have to approve any postings. I do not understand why this happened, while other notes were posted directly. I have settings to let it all fly without censorship. I just found these comments backed up.
Yes, I ate them. Just being dramatic. I took four in and two went on to Venezuela (the frontier is very close)and the other two went on to other parts of Colombia.
Colombia is safe as far as I have been able to tell. Since I travel regions that were once rife with guerrilla activity in years past I always ask about local conditions.
Most of the miles I have logged and areas hiked have been in remote areas and came without problems or serious warnings.
My first week in the desert was with a travel family that formed up for the journey into the desert; we camped, stayed with families, ranchos in hammocks and in hospedajes (cheap simple hotels).
The second week I had to myself to experience the charms of the desert and get some writing done.
At moment I am in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the mountains where more indigenous people live in coffee country. Today I made a solo day trip to a village nearby and the road was punishing taking 2 hours to drive 12 miles. It was worth it, I got to mix with the local indian kids while sitting on the tailgate of the truck next to a river.
The roads less traveled.
David
Pueblo Bello, Colombia
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