When I was a growing up I always was taking stuff apart and putting it back together again. Probably because of this (and maybe my unrecognised dyslexia) my parents became convinced that a 'technical' education was better suited for me than an 'academical' one. So off I went... Something else that I clearly remember 'discovering' was the strange phenomena that was connected to the lightbulb, or, more precisely, to do with the replacing of a 'blown' one. Growing up in Holland, there was of course only one worth buying; the Mighty Philips, produced in the south of our country, in the city of Eindhoven. There were also other (read cheaper) brands, but, of course, those were not as good... One of the brands I remember clearly is Pope. Why? This was the one I would buy after the great revelation. In plain English: "Surplus Production of Philips Eindhoven"... In the meantime I have learned to ignore my dyslectic driven fear of 'academia', and I have been catching up on about all and everything. (As Mark Twain said; never let your schooling interfere with your education!) Maybe I went a bit overboard and I ended up being the kind of guy that reads for instance Law, Philosophy and Physics for fun. I don't want to show off here or anything, I just seldom get attracted to fiction. On top of that am I a Gemini and it is said they have/love/need a worldview that is more (w) holistic rather than to specialise. Recently I read a bit about Happiness. Most agree that it could be defined as a ' positive emotion', including feeling of joy- pride- gratitude and, above all, contentment. Some talk about happiness being equal to low entropy. It's all very emotional... Is this going anywhere? Hopefully! I now realise that a lightbulb is probably one of 'the gadgets' that you could call essential. So what about this, the internet? I for one, don't really want to be without it. But then in saying that, am I making the gadget that runs the browser an essential? Probably! These things are of course one of the biggest examples of something that is proactively build not to last. Is the 'Mod Con' just that? A 'Con'? Why are we so easily conned? After all, when we realise we are, we end up unhappy...
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