Like many writing projects, ideas are conceived and
gradually developed in the mind of the author long before they are captured in
a book or article. That has been the
case for this author with Nowhere Man in
Nowhere Land. For decades, I
committed words to notebooks without uncovering the conceptual core of what I
was thinking and trying to say.
Then I read James Burke and Robert Ornstein’s The Axemaker’s Gift: A Double-Edged History
of Human Culture (1995), a book that explained how society cuts existence
away from the “way it was” into a new sense of reality, a reality that has gained
something much desired but at the expense of something lost, possibly
forever.
The theme throughout these pages Nowhere Man in Nowhere Land will reflect that perspective and core idea.
The theme throughout these pages Nowhere Man in Nowhere Land will reflect that perspective and core idea.
So each new tool invented changes existence and
represents the latest aspect of the “cut & control” phenomenon. This has become the cultural reality of “Nowhere Man,” for each new tool has devalued
what was and replaced it with a more valued tool. No one worries about the cost or the loss,
only the promise.
The inventor of each new tool is celebrated, which urges him on to invent another tool. People rush out to buy the new tool to make it part of their daily existence. No one seems concerned about the cost benefits involved as attention is only on the efficacy and convenience of the new tool.
The inventor of each new tool is celebrated, which urges him on to invent another tool. People rush out to buy the new tool to make it part of their daily existence. No one seems concerned about the cost benefits involved as attention is only on the efficacy and convenience of the new tool.
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