Minute Paper 1/29/08

Wow, today in class we really brought together a lot of the ideas that we had been hinting at all week. The whole concept of what it means to be future conscious is really important. I think what stood out to me the most was the idea that instead of creating strict rules or regulations about future planning, the point we instead seemed to get to was that it needs to be part of the individual. I believe that the readings bring that to light when talking about government. Democracy is good, but the candidates job is to get elected. They're trying to get the people behind them and what people today care about is advancing themselves and their country economically. In the end, if the people themselves don't take future planning to heart, then the government will not be stressed to deal with the issues that planning ahead beyond this generation or the next will bring.