I join in the wishes for a happy new year, marked only by the rolling over of all the digits in an arbitrary year counter.
There is no reason to believe that it will be any better that it was a few days ago. The forces of religious fundamentalism, of whatever adopted creed, and financial greed will continue to degrade our quality of life - because they can. Large accumulations of wealth will continue to buy politicians with more charisma than common sense. These politicians will cater to the very wealthy because they are addicted to the seeming power of government, and need money to stay in office. Maybe this is partly because technology has advanced beyond the era of "The Boy Electrician" and the ability to rebuild an automobile engine with a few simple tools. Specialists have become so specialized that the people who don't get to college have nothing going for them other than following some leader who is innocent of the real ways of the world. Meanwhile, we pursue precision time with an enthusiasm that 80+% of the world's population finds only in following the one true religion. It's all due to evolution, of course, but that is also a specialty. We'll be asleep when the digits roll over, and ready to pursue time in its flight tomorrow. Hope I'm wrong . . . Bill Hawkins _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.