Starting small
Instead of creating something, an object, someone, a company, business, anything at all in one fell swoop, why not create that thing with little or no effort, but through a long time, with small or negligible investment? Growing that thing from something small into the final full sized product or image?
Imagine, any adult human came from only 2 human cells; an ovum and a sperm. Imagine, a global spanning multinational corporation starts from a humble beginning as a one man retail business. Achieving 99.99% of light speed with small acceleration over a long period of time.
The reason this has not being done for much is because as a race, we humans have become accustomed to getting things done as fast as possible. There is more finesse. No style. No sense of tradition. No ancient memories. Even things that happened merely100 years ago got clogged up in the annals of forgotten history. How could that happen when our sole preoccupation seems to be immortalizing our every thoughts and actions? That would be a topic in another time.
My point this time around is; by not doing things, small things, over a long period of time with little or negligible investments, big stuffs will not happen to us. What small things that we can do today that will benefit us in the future then? For starters, you know those space elevators that scientists talked about? Well, using the current tech carbon nano tubes as base, a small quantity over time can be made to build the first of the elevator’s tower. Over time, as technology level increases, better materials will be available, and using the newly available materials, build over the nano tubes, incrementally, over years, decades, even years if need be to keep the cost low. It is surely within our capability, and financial balance sheet, and yet, why aren’t we’re doing it?
You tell me.
