help me think of something that people don't have but need alot of in everyday life and would pay for.
very true, thats what i'm trying to brain storm for :H i was thinking, every so often some one comes along with a really good idea, they produce it and came make a good life for themselves without working for some one else. I'm a creative person and i can just feel/sense that there is something big which i can find that will have a big impact on people's lives. i started thinking about how i can come up with a good idea, and if its a product or service that i can sell it will need to be - something people need - but also something people dont have already. Basicly, i could design an amazing new health food product, but since these have been done to death i would be making a lot of work for myself.
haha, sitareric, great answer something people need but don't have already? stillness. appreciation. the ability to see true value in things and see beyond fake value. happiness. fulfillment. but i know you can't sell enlightenment and that's not what you were asking for, so in that case.... fork/spoon combos, with a fork on one end and a spoon on the other and a cushy holding thing in the middle, and the whole thing can also be used as a straw.
If I had to talk for myself, I can tell ya "LOVE" ... but anyways, you remind me of Buddha's beginning ...
isn't he on tour at the moment but fell out of a tree and had an op on his brain? good ol rock n roll
... dunno. As it is I think a lot of people are broke, so what they 'need' and would pay for, can't help ya there.
What does the world need that it doesn't have and can use everyday? Haven't you been reading the posts in these forums? An education! Become an educator and help the next generation learn to write, express thoughts clearly and to think beyond the one-line moronic drivel that so many of the younger group seem to only possess. This isn't arrogance speaking or one generation berating another, just a bit of fustration with the lack of depth to anything most of the writers in these forums contribute. Look at history. Look at the far reaching social, political and spiritual changes that came about from the generation that we've come to call the Hippy Generation. These changes came not from illiterate or immature personalities. The people who took on much of what society had evolved into after World War II had voices and ideals that were bred from a very educated understanding of the world and further understood that to made the necessary changes as they saw them, you had to do more than just spout out inane blather. Civil responsibility is not given away, it is very much earned, and Hippies understood that social change (a civil responsibility) was something their generation could either ignore or take on. It took it on with a vengence. In order to make gains in civil rights (including for women), face bigotry, racism, make war a more accountable option, and many other social changes that we have made part of our national psyche. To do so meant to stand in the face of a very rigid and intolerant generation that had just fought the good fight for what they believed in. But there were flaws in the Great American Dream. Children of the 60s said they wouldn't accept the legacy of intolerance into their lifestyle. This intolerance to intolerance wasn't done by happenstance. What does the world need? This generation has access to more information in a second than whole countries had had in a century of study, yet many don't know one wit how to use that information. These forums prove that. We need education..start with the basics. I, for one, would like to see the writing in these forums be ratcheted up a notch in the expressive catagory. It's about Hippies...Hippies take on the causes that are for the betterment of mankind. Use the forums for free expression, but please allow some sincere thought to leak in. Then, and this is most important, take your thoughts to the streets! That is where the battles are waged, and won!!!
There are all kinds of forums here - and some folks who regularly post are more educated than you might have given them credit for.Sometimes people provide well-constructed arguments and cover a lot of different aspects around a subject that may not have been discussed in depth.Sometimes they may feel like being moronic - that doesn't necessarily mean they don't have an education.I think you make some valid arguments about what being a hippy stood for in their hey day - but by simply arguing that these people are un-educated is not helping your point,but building walls.I may not have the capacity to fully understand world issues - but if I stand in the street and sing and that makes some people smile - I feel I've at least contributed something positive to the world - even if it's not on such a grand scale as.. saving the destruction of a rainforest
As I wrote, there is always room in the forums for free expression, being whatever you want it to be. And I certainly welcome yours. Thanks for responding. But for those who, instead of using the forum as a chat room for just throwing out inane typing, come to the forums to actually try and get an understanding of the Hippy experience, then my comments shouldn't be seen as wall building, but as a challenge for some to use the forums "as the Hippies in their heyday would have!" And that takes approaching subjects and posting them as threads for others to respond to in order to enlighten, educate, teach, have fun with and other enhancing interaction. But it also takes a little more discipline in communicating, because that was one thing that the Hippies were most excellent at; stating in all formats (written and oral) their thoughts, beliefs, feelings, philosophys, etc. I'm not seeing that here as much as I thought there would be. And it's strictly my opinion that others may share or refute. But it's a forum and I hope people do.
I think i understand where you are coming from - (timetraveller) - I guess hipforums is one of a kind in that unlike alot of forums,there are more people here from various countries and cultures and of different ages and backgrounds.yeah predominantly it may seem like alot of chit-chat goes on here - and probably most traffic is passing through the 'Young Hippies' forum than anywhere but i don't think thats a bad thing,because the oppurtunity is there to stumble on thoughts/opinions that you might not hear outside of cyberworld.For instance where I live which is a very small community it is rare to meet anyone who discusses anything beyond the price of beer which for me is a huge contrast to living in a cosmopolitan city as I was for 12 years before where you have artists,musicians,actors,dancers - for example which are more my kind of people. But I find the hipforums is really interesting socialogically/pyscologically speaking and a phenomena of modern times - there are so many places here you can go - for instance I don't know if you've read 'indescribabilities' threads for example - there is one person who is clearly fascinated by what makes people tick.I for one would love to hear more about the 60's as I have been so influenced by its art and music - you were there - let people know what it was about! The Sacred Spiral is another forum here you may or may not find of interest.
Great points, RG, and well said. I hope I don't come across as a tight assed, overly regimented and demanding critic. I, too, like the diverseness of the forum and wonder what the 60s would have done with something like the internet and forums like this. But we slogged it out the old fashion way (pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles, music, gatherings, physical forums and debates, etc) and I can't help but think the ease of the internet has allowed a laziness to set in when it comes to how ideas and information is passed around. When it took a lot of physical effort and time to get your thoughts and concerns passed out to any size of audience, it made you put the extra effort into what you thought and were concerned about. Now, with the speed of the finger you can whip out anything in a flash to a hell of a bigger audience. Does that make people complacent or careless about what they say? And should people try and discipline themselves a bit more so that they may produce more in-depth and relavent thoughts or concepts before they express them? In these forums you are talking about Hippies, a unique phenomenon and controversial outcome of American and European society after the 40s and 50s generations. I'd just hate to see the old concepts buried under such complacency. You are right, there are some wonderful gems of enlightened seekers out there and I hope their spirit is absorbed by more of those who read and write here. And for me, the price of a pint is very important when I travel in the UK. Stuffs getting expensive, but I love it! Should be there next year before heading to the continent for a Eurrail trip.
