It's 9AM
Still thinking about future you
I talked about a good book 3 Body Problem I’ve read
And then watched as a show on Netflix
I was thinking about it this morning on my run
Part of the premise of the story
Which is preparing for something that might happen…
400 years from now
It reminded me of trying to do something today
For ME thirty years from now
So that 86 year old Chris is grateful and prepared and healthier
Thanks to the actions of 56 year old me
Actions that become habits and routines
Like running
Like eating better
Like strength training and extra vitamins for my mind
my future mind
It’s tough
Humans are by design, present people
The past is a hallucination, the future is imagination
So we ened to concentrate on now
And that made me think that today’s people would not
Possibly could not, take action and change habits or do good
For a future 400 years from now
But it’s not ALL our fault
Part of it is progress
Think for a moment about 1626
The year
What was going on around the globe at that time
It was smack dab in the middle of the Middle Ages
Folks were worried about food, and shelter, and safety
Sound familiar?
And if you told a group of peasants in the Baroque period that they needed to build/do something for the Modern World
They wouldn’t understand what you were asking
Because language has evolved so much
But…
Could you train an Army today to prepare to fight in a world four centuries from now
As much as we have advanced over the past one hundred years
Heck, as much as we’ve built learned and discovered in the past decade
Makes today look like an alien civilization to any body from that long ago
So much so that building working and sacrificing today for future alien us is a hard habit to swallow
But what if it meant the survival of the human race
Which made me wonder if the Hobbit people of Malaysia tried to prepare for the landing of giants in wooden canoes
Followed by the anchoring of even larger ships in coves and bays with pale skinned giants with bright blue eyes much later
How would they know what to do or how to explain to their grandchildren the danger of the giants?
Telling stories around the campfire, building them into boogey men and myth
Until two generations go by without the apperance of the legend of big boats
And people forgot to remember that danger lurked beyond the horizon
That’s how I think it would go today
A warning of UFO’s in the skies
Which we haven’t heard much about this year as it no longer worked as a distraction from other stories the government was trying to hide
People would ignore the warnings that “THEY” are coming in 2426
Because that’s a problem that belongs out there
After climate change, after earthquakes and volcanoes and maybe an asteroid impact or two
After more than one war and the rise and fall of and ressurection of monarchies and democracies and whatever new form of government AI comes up with
Who knows what tomorrow brings
Which makes it incredibly hard to prepare for… everything
But YOU ten years from now?
That’s something you can see in the mirror by starting today
And if you teach ten year from now you how to be healthier, happier,… better
Then 30 year from now you will be set
Don’t wait
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There would always be someone disputing what you were trying to get done.