Fences, walls, anonymity. They are all ways to make us feel safe and protected. Feeling safe and protected can allow us to behave badly.
Feeling Protected
Category: Life
My Special Talent
Do you have a special talent? Something you are very good at?
Voting for the Future
In an article, Are Americans Too Old?, Joshua Rothman says “The country’s fate and character are being determined not by forward-looking people in their youth or their prime but by backward-looking ones in the final third of their lives…There is ample evidence that older people favor policies that emphasize security for themselves over investment in the young.”
The cats have an answer to the problem.
Too Few Children
Here’s a different perspective on the fact that women are not having enough children to keep the population stable.
We Need More Children
Many countries have below replacement birth rates. Which means that their populations will decline over the long term. This will cause problems.
So Long
The cats have been pontificating and advising for seven years and 800 posts. They are now taking a break, going in an indefinite sabbatical. Perhaps they will make an ocasional appearance, perhaps they will never return.
In the meantime you can scroll through all 800 Cat World posts. If you prefer, you can filter them by category by clicking the three bars at the top left and selecting a category from the Categories drop-down at the bottom.
The title of this post and the reference to fish come of course from the name of the fourth book in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
The long quote about “End! Why should it end?” is from the last lines of the play Opus, by Michael Hollinger, modified slightly to refer to words rather than notes.
Forms of Entertainment
Many people insist that it’s important to follow the news. But is it?
Predetermination
Some people believe there is no such thing as free will, that all our actions are predetermined.
Statute of Limitations
There comes a point in everyone’s life when they have to stop blaming their parents, and take responsibility for their own actions and their own life.
Being Mature
What is the sign of maturity?
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