Progress?

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Looking back at 2006, I wonder if there has been an improvement or decline in the state of the world. I don’t know that we are making much overall progress. It seems as we press forward working towards solutions for on issue or catastrophe, another rushes forward. Maybe progress can only be measured by looking at the eventualities that would have occured without our actions. Maybe our isolation from other actions ( or the knowledge/awareness of other actions) limits our ability to measure realistic outcomes. I am reminded that - you get what you measure. If we were to look at events that occur when ice cream sales are at their highest we might conclude that eating ice cream increases the likelihood of drowning. Ooops - more information needed.