CHANGE COURSE...

So far, we've been talking strictly Local.

It's all about Lynn and future prospects for The Community.

But, we can't just sit home and wait.

The Harbor is an opening to the entire world.

A world desperately in need of goods and services.

Lynners are good at that...providing goods and services to the public.

We just never found time to realize that the goods and services needed have changed over time.

When one is a working stiff, there's not much time to consider the high minded options involved in future building.

It takes everything ya got to keep a roof over yer head and food on the table.

Well, by virtue of a unique sequence of events and several foolish decisions, I found myself with the time to do just that.

The hope of "Teacher by Default" is...

Present what I have learned to this Community.

And make the knowledge of great value to all...here and elsewhere...but here, first and foremost.

Here is where it all started, after all.

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Take a full 180.

Remember the old saying, "Think Local, Act Global."?

It has gone from being a bumper sticker on old Volvos, to an integral aspect of every day life.

Virtually everything you touch has Global Connections.

Check out the grocery store.

For example...the Economy of Chile is greatly dependent upon you to purchase inedible fruit which has been grown, handled, and shipped by Chileans.

Buy peaches, some plums, and whatever other varieties your Local Market features from Chile.

They are labeled as such.

Carry your purchase home, wash everything well, and put on a blindfold.

Have someone cut a piece from the nicest looking one and hand it to you.

Eat it blind.

Now tell me which fruit you just ate.

No can do.

They all taste exacly alike with zero pleasing texture ( no matter how long they sit and 'ripen' ), and have very little nutritional value because the flesh is indigestible.

Everyone knows about belly aches from eating green apples.

All that acidic, unripened fruit sits and overpowers your stomach juices.

And the whole mess lingers in your digestive system for a day or so.

Take note of how you feel an hour after eating your shiny, beautiful Chilean fruit.

Same, same, eh?

Yet, those rock hard pellets generate millions of dollars in their travels from the groves of Chile to your table.

They are an essential Global Commodity.

This is but one example of the Global Nature of everyday life.

The Local Aspect of the Chilean Fruit Saga provides jobs, brightly fills displays in super markets, and makes you feel like you're doing the right thing by eating fresh fruit year round.

Every nutritional chart shows the value of fruit in a balanced diet.

Unfortunately, the figures used to represent the benefits are dependent upon real fruit.

You would get as much nutritional value by eating the packaging your Chilean fruit comes in.

And, probably not much worse of a belly ache.

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That's the 'Necessary Evil' portion of Going Global in its early stages.

We are the Guinea Pigs for our own future.

Can Humans adapt to our own actions?

Can we live on Cellulosic Fiber and energy drinks with nutritional supplements?

That's the type of thing on the minds of Global Futurists with an Economic Agenda.

Recyclable packaging that can be eaten and processed by Humans into bodily waste is on the horizon...BETCHA!

Bubble Pac en Brochette sounds good...don'tcha think?

We'll see!

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