Pittsburgh Alpha to Omega

CFR president Richard Haass talks about his toys.

Haass quips, “A lot of globalization isn’t fun.”

Amen, and then some.  But what is fun?

And for whom?

Are you having fun now, or playing Control’s zero-fun game?

What’s the most fun you’ve ever had?

And what fresh, novel fun could you have in the future?

Any futurological speculation or Utopian planning which neglects the concept of fun is, IMHO, baloney.  Control is inherently anti-fun because it uses fear (fun’s antithesis) to move its little “toys” around the holographic game board it projects.  Even when it casts itself as pro-fun, Control in effect says, “Do my awful bidding, else no fun for you,” using the fear of not-fun to get what it wants: your energy.

But if fun is fun (Aristotle) and not-fun is also fun (Buddha) and the fun you take is equal to the fun you make (me), then Control’s dire ultimatum becomes absurdly… funny.

Expand your concept of fun and be/have/make fun no matter what.

Sow the wind with fun today and reap the fun-filled whirlwind tomorrow.Choose fun constantly and instantiate your highest/best/most intense fun immediately.

Play and cuídate.