tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432119.post1918806767586527919..comments2013-06-03T03:39:58.116-07:00Comments on pop conscious: Get Out Much?pcboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282388774835946232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432119.post-54993115783926298642007-07-04T10:24:00.000-07:002007-07-04T10:24:00.000-07:00I can't hide any longer from this blog; its too cl...I can't hide any longer from this blog; its too close to my heart. The aforementioned comment regarding how our 'experience of the world is beamed into our living rooms and PCs' struck a chord with me.<BR/>Too many of us absorb the human element through highly segregated means, (TV, radio, internet, and telephony), leaving great parts of the populous with one of a variety of "filtered" P.O.V.'s, and this alone in itself, is never beneficial. <BR/>We are social creatures. We've been bred that way. <BR/><BR/>My instincts to pick up and go or "monk out" usually tend to kick in about twice a year, usually in the warmer months. But alas, I am under the thumb of the 925 office at this time, albeit the instinct is alive and well. It never leaves. <BR/>I think that many of us get so caught up in our routines of seeking money and security that it is virtually impossible for some of us to break away from our antiquated systems. In all fairness, some of us need to work 2-3 jobs just to keep our kids fed. <BR/>And if you're rich, well, then you can do what you want. Travel anywhere you wanna go. Its not fair, its never been fair...most of us aren't rich, nor are we middle-class, and the issue facing me, in my personal life, is to find a a more meaningful way to "fill out" my life more. To expand my experience. To make as much time for travel and play as I do for the "necessities."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432119.post-51255026801546425052007-07-02T12:34:00.000-07:002007-07-02T12:34:00.000-07:00I think everyone should be required by law to trav...I think everyone should be required by law to travel and see the world. And not just to London. The Peace Corps should be required service for everyone between the ages of 18 to instead of being essentially an unstructured and ultimately hollow sham. Everyone should be required to go for two years sometime between the ages of 18 and 25.We all need to get out and see how the other half lives. My time in Russia and Israel and other places made me realize at a young age how lucky we have it here in the states. I think the reason why people don't travel is because we do have it too good here. And they don't want to feel guilty or begin to question the fairness of all that we enjoy. Let's not forget that our current P.O.T.U.S. had NEVER been outside of the U.S. until he was president. NEVER. Not even Canada.blog princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323808484089652556noreply@blogger.com