no child left behind

This focus on math and science, you’ve got to think about what it replaces. It’s hard for people to imagine but community life was our focus for most of humanity’s time line. Lots of singing. Math & science represent the isolating disciplines. The scientific method is not born of a thirst to communicate but for achievement. And achievement is ever restless for more, pushing above your neighbors. What have we achieved? Less free time than we had before our technological advances. Crowded, massed cities of lonely neighbors.

Somewhere the high school nerd, the one you saw get bullied, well he’s still lonely but he’s making a lot of money. His work creates weapons for bigger bullies. Those bullies say our country is losing its dominance in math and science. This September 11 I’m remembering everything we’ve lost including the three World Trade Center buildings, even if we’ve forgotten both our neighbor and that three buildings collapsed.