It's deeply sad that people are fighting over small things. I saw kids fight today and probably a very light one in comparison to what a lot of kids undergo daily. I heard parents about their decisions to move away from bungalows to apartments for their children's secure future. If the very little improvements can't be leveraged fully then a larger scope might raise disutility. There's enough in the news already and that I hardly read it. But then how to measure something which has more/other than physical characteristics or financial value? We aren't brought up to handle such issues and hence we rather show off using fake muscles which even the animals develop.
There must be infinite representations of excellence and that one of my few discoveries has been this episode of Star Trek Voyager:
STAR TREK: VOYAGER - "Scorpion, Part Two"
I would quote from the transcript at: http://members.tripod.com/cerises/voy/voy069.txt
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SEVEN OF NINE: When your Captain first approached us, we suspected that an agreement with humans would prove impossible to maintain. (cutting) You are erratic... conflicted... disorganized. Every decision is debated... every action questioned... every individual entitled to their own small opinion. You lack harmony... cohesion... greatness. (beat) It will be your undoing.
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CHAKOTAY: "It will be your undoing."
JANEWAY: What?
CHAKOTAY: Our "conflicted" nature... our individuality. Seven of Nine said that we lack the cohesion of a Collective mind... that one day, it would divide us... and destroy us. (beat) And here we are, proving her point.
They consider-this is a wake-up call for both of them.
JANEWAY: I'll tell you when we lost control of this situation when we made our mistake. It was the moment we turned away from each other.
She moves to him.
JANEWAY: (continuing) We don't have to stop being individuals to get through this. (beat) We just have to stop fighting each other.
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These links might change
The entire script is at:
http://members.tripod.com/cerises/voy/voy069.txt
The video is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86uHY9ebe3s
You might also want to checkout the video before it or perhaps all the parts.
During morning I was thinking about the future of social networking and that I might not know it but has just contributed with a blog applying the contributions of videos and transcripts shared by others. Thank You!
--Shakti
