14 March 2005 - forethought 2

Why do people have so much trouble looking ahead and grasping the long-term consequences of their actions? Consider the positive effects of censorship: Mass entertainment consists of wishful thinking, only without the thinking. Censor it, and the wishes are lost too, leaving nothing. The people would have to invent their own entertainment. Grass roots would show up the tarnish on the cheap old tinsel, and with the sudden boom in quality fun, global industrial production would collapse. Result: Environmental utopia. If only people would look ahead!