T.V. s and unlimited power

 

I have to preface this, with, this could be a very hard train to follow, and I'm just

hoping it doesn't crash at the end.


I was fortunate, when I was very young to have been in a community, pretty

much without T.V. s but in which they were being introduced gradually.

So, when I was about 3 or 4 years old we had one, and the first experience

I remember with that, was the Wizard of Oz.  I didn't see it completely 

because I totally freaked out at the first appearance of the Wicked Witch

of the West.  I remember this so distinctly, because I was unable to

go into a dark room for about 3 weeks.  I was diagnosed with acute

Witch-itis.  


Moving on to the unlimited power.  Today, in the world we live in,

we have selected, individuals to have practically unlimited power.

I say that because, we really don't want to test that level of power,

so the result is - that power then , becomes practically with out bounds.


Now, one good question would be how is that possible?  Where in fact

does that power come from?  Going back to the TV, where did that

image and more than just image, but a certain level of power, come

from on that TV set almost 70 years ago?  Well, the answer comes

from a hand full of equations, developed by a Scottish fellow,

named James Clerk Maxwell,  His wiki page, follows:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell


Because of that, and other related efforts, some how

the Wicked Witch of the West was able to be projected

to a 3 year old, long ago.


And so with the power of these select individuals, that

power does come from somewhere, and in fact that 

power comes from all of us.  Essentially, like the invisible

waves, that produced the images on a machine,  we are able

to accumulate this power, which then get invested in

certain individuals, which are often selected, in fairly

arbitrary ways.  


Now, there are a lot of questions that can be asked

and probably should be asked about this particular

scenario.  But I think it is pretty save to say that

it is acutely important for us to be aware of that

power, and take significant care about how we

go about using it. 

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