Earth

I'm talking about some other inhabitants of this planet known as humans, for them Earth is known as the 'World', the whole shebang of this planet, the land, oceans, people, and most important, beside possessing things, the weather, the last connection with nature by the planet's urban population.

For almost all people nearly all things in the 'world' happen on land, exceptions are sea-based migrant Filipino workers and some holiday activities: cruises, scuba diving, surfing and expeditions using sailing vessels like multi-hulled canoes. No, sex on the beach doesn't count, because it's on land!

For many people the world begins just outside their neighborhood, and they call it out of habit, afield, abroad, or outlandish, meaning, not here.

Until recently almost all parts of the World were inapprehensible for the majority of its human inhabitants. To understand the world was not really important, most folks stayed in the neighborhood, had a family and a home ownership savings plan.

But now there is an increasingly expanding network of means of transportation. High speed trains, affordable flights, newly built airports, cruise ships, and - sub-orbital space tourism in the very near future. This means you can move about Earth, discover the world, explore foreign continents, countries, cities and encounter quite unfamiliar cultures, which unfortunately may threaten your well maintained beliefs - or not. Whatever, go ahead, explore, learn, observe the surroundings with an open mind, wherever you wound up, it will certainly change your point of view. OK, this does not apply to all, am I right Donald?

And, there is the Internet, a kind of magic communication device, you don't have to leave your field anymore, you can stay in your comfort zone and explore the world from there. Meet your friends 'online', no need to really see them every day. You want to know something, just ask the great GOOGLE a question and HE/SHE-IT will answer it, easy as that, plain vanilla.

And while you're exploring more and more premises of Earth, you might ask yourself, does it really make sense?

Actually, we think maybe not, but who are we?
An example, this is lyrics from the 21st century: Skyfall is where we start - A thousand miles and poles apart - Where worlds collide and days are dark - You may have my number, you can take my name - But you'll never have my heart.

I'm sorry, what is number and what is heart?

Another one: I died a hundred times.
Amy Winehouse sang her song 'Back To Black' some times ago, before she died - once, or maybe she was telling the truth.

The examples above are part of human communication, the messages were repeated for some times all over the planet, over and over again, OK, not so much anymore, something trumped it, I don't know what.

Whatever, what I've learned when I visited this planet: the truth is like poetry. And most people here don't like poetry.


So you see, sorry we do NOT (not yet =) have an answer whether anything makes sense (wait to find out more in our next sequel, coming soon, really), but read on, and maybe You will find THE answer (forget 42, it was just a close approach, or a near miss).

Until then let's try to be nice to each other, and think about it, - you are able to read/understand this, this should give you a headstart.