Beeline to Extinction

In my "past life" 5 years ago as a corporate analyst I saw first hand how accountants made decisions that undercut best practice methodologies, especially in terms of testing and contingency planning.

Everything was geared towards shareholder expectations, irregardless of the long-term health of the project and, ultimately, the compa...ny itself. We have become a 1Q/2Q world -- quarterly profits the only yardstick. We are eating ourselves from within. Here but one more example -- working a resource to death with no thoughts beyond the short-term.

We are not, as the Native American Elders instruct us, making decisions for Seven Generations to come. We are barely thinking even 7 years down the road; more likely 12-18 months, if that.

This article should worry you. In the late 50's and early 60's when I was a little boy, the sky was different. It LOOKED different, there was a different kind of breeze, the air was "happier" . . . hard to explain but I always notice how the sky and wind has changed; you can see it in 10 year increments just how much.

We are all connected; please remember that . . .

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/26-6