I've been trying to figure out what to write for the ranch's 100th anniversary. In the process of trying to figure out how to put an enormous element of my life on to a small chunk of paper, I came across another revelation. It is not a novel revelation, but one that was strongly shown to me a couple days ago. It happened when I was watching my brothers learn how to run the sawmill. As I listened to their instructor explain the mechanics of everything, I again marveled at how arrogant our society has become, especially this generation.
We aren't the first civilization to do so, and undoubtedly, we won't be the last. I have long maintained that the greatest loss in most major conflicts throughout history was the loss of knowledge. The library at Alexandria, the decimation of cultures who had much more precise calendars than us, the understanding of how to build giant pyramids with only the simplest of machines...
And so here we sit, only now we don't decimate other cultures, we simply ignore history and those who can teach it to us. Sure, mom always said chicken soup would cure the flu, but we had to spend millions to PROVE it. It's no wonder we are having a crisis of faith today. We can't trust the common sense of our mothers and fathers. We need someone to "scientifically" prove it. I'm all for science. Don't get me wrong, but I'm also for using your brain! If someone can do the same work I do without a word processor, a chainsaw, or even a car. Maybe I should pay attention to them. I don't know. Maybe that's just me.
And that's the rant for today.
