| Daddy was a very, very odd little | | | | some form for the last 200 years since the |
| man-possibly a schizophrenic-for all we could | | | | Enlightenment.. This evolution is taking many |
| figured out. He was a short stony-faced man | | | | manifestations: globalism, multiculturism, |
| that rarely smiled or talked very much. His | | | | interracial marriages, the ecumenical |
| Norweigan/Dutch family had endured quite a | | | | movement in religions, affirmative actions, |
| bit of disaster-wiped out in a storm in | | | | and will continue until the whole society has |
| Iceland, and then wiped out in the dust bowl. | | | | been completely transformed. |
| He grew up in a part of California that just | | | | |
| had been frontier 40 years prior. He was | | | | What are the concepts embodied in this vision |
| stern, stubborn rugged individualist and | | | | |
| believed that everyone is responsible for | | | | Old World New World |
| themselves. Daddy had no use for religion. He | | | | |
| was a doctor, a scientist, who believed that | | | | Analog Digital |
| the human body was basically a machine to be | | | | |
| fixed up and mended so that it could back to | | | | Mechanical Computer |
| go to work in the orchards, fast food joints, | | | | |
| and canneries of the great Central Valley we | | | | Matter Energy |
| lived. | | | | |
| | | | Nationalism Globalism (One World) |
| Daddy spent most of his time out in the | | | | |
| garage. Daddy's 2-car garage was a dark huge | | | | Competition Cooperation |
| dusty cavern full of everything under the | | | | |
| sun-baby strollers from the 1960, a | | | | Secrecy Openness of Information |
| bullet-loading machine, duck waders for | | | | |
| trudging through rice paddies, hunting | | | | Hierachial Democractic |
| rifles, boxes of bullets, long board skis, | | | | |
| lawn mowers, and big clunky snow shoes | | | | Man as Master of the Man as Part of the |
| strewed everywhere. On the rafters overhead, | | | | Environment |
| there was many cardboard boards and wooden | | | | |
| crate boxes. No one knew what was in the | | | | Environment |
| rafters. Daddy never told anyone what was in | | | | |
| his garage, so we had to make up own stories. | | | | Racial Segregation Racial Integration |
| As my sister said, "There could have been a | | | | |
| dead person for all we knew out in the | | | | Cultural Separation Cultual Integration |
| garage." | | | | |
| | | | Distinct Gender Role Definitions Gender Role |
| As the years wore on, the world around Daddy | | | | up to Individual |
| changed. Sikhs moved into town. Computers | | | | |
| replaced adding machines. Long skis became | | | | Rules and Regulations Experimental Approach |
| obsolete. Daddy's garage seemed odder and | | | | |
| out-of-place whenever we opened the garage | | | | 9 to 5 Job Entrepeunership |
| door. In 2000, when Daddy died, we cleaned | | | | |
| out the garage and threw everything out on | | | | Accepting Facts as Given Critical Inquiry |
| the street. Nowadays, people don't hunt, ski | | | | |
| with long skis, or use adding machines. I | | | | Justice Compassion |
| passed the house recently. An East Indian | | | | |
| family have moved in. The garage is open and | | | | Intolerance Tolerance |
| airy. Children are playing in the sunlight. | | | | |
| | | | Income Inequality Sharing of Resources |
| Any discussion of enterprise or prosperity | | | | |
| must take place in the context that we are | | | | Individualism Community |
| going through a very, very radical worldwide | | | | |
| change that will affect every aspect of | | | | Many Religions Religious Tolerance |
| society, including religion, politics, | | | | |
| ethics, etc.Basically, one World is giving | | | | Theory Experience |
| way to another World. You have heard the term | | | | |
| "New World Order," the "Age of Aquarius", the | | | | Private Property Stewardship over Property |
| "New Age" used to describe this paradigm | | | | |
| shift.Some yogis call it Dwapara Yuga, a | | | | The list goes on. The goal of every business |
| 2400-age of Energy. This paradigm shift is | | | | in this New World is to bring this New World |
| not new, but, rather, have been going on in | | | | consciousness to everyone. |