An Introduction...

Welcome to my blog. One friend, Brother, he says that these things are silly. "Why the hell should you give away good ideas for free," he offers. It's the 'pearls before swine' mentality and, no offense to those reading this, but he makes a valid point. Blogs are so easy to access and so plentiful, it's kind of hard to take what is said in them seriously or for the author to believe that s/he is making an impact. But as my current alternative is writing editorial pieces for free magazines who care seemingly little about content as long as the pages are filled, and despite the potential cha-ching, I'll just publish stuff here. The Love, she suggests that I have something worth saying (I agree) and that others would benefit from reading it (I'm not so sure). Either way, I'll be writing and hopefully you'll be reading.

A word on the content. This blog's title is a pretty well-known phrase which succinctly captures the idea that things are constantly changing and evolving and that with each change comes a new reality. The steam engine, the computer, the nuclear bomb, Democracy - these are all things that have altered our existence in an irrevocable manner. And yet humans don't view thier world that way, we seem to believe that the 'good old days' were better and can be preserved or resurrected. A quick, objective, look at the course of human history suggests otherwise. Moreover, the negative impact of leaders who have used that line of reasoning and preyed on our fear of change - and thus weakness for such a message - have been the fathers of Nationalism and, worse, Facism and Authoritarianism. I'm aiming to offer up my thoughts on where we are today as a 'global society'. Though I'm looking forward to putting my own thoughts down on blAper (pronounced blay-per = blog paper), I am keenly interested in comments that you, the prospective regular reader have to share. I hope to learn something from you.

Now let's get on with it...

O.M.