GPS

I have purchased a golf GPS device that will have measurements of all the golf courses in North America preprogramed inside. I have a Tom Tom for my car to take on trips to lead me to places I've never been. It is amazing how accurate the satellite data can be. The golf data guarantees to be accurate within two yards, and can tell you how close you are to water, traps, doglegs and greens. I have looked at Google Earth and it is amazing what you can see if the pictures come from a non cloudy day. I know there are satellites that do the same thing in live pictures as well.

I was in junior high when Sputnic went into orbit as the first man made earth satellite. We were all amazed and many people were terrified that the Soviet Union had this object circling over our heads. Bomb shelters were built by scared people to protect scared people from an almost certain nuclear attack. The human intellect can accomplish so much while human emotions can cause so many problems. Not all emotions mind you but almost always when our actions are controlled by fear.

So much progress is blocked by fear of change and yet all change is not good. To find the balance we need to use our intelligence while curtailing our emotions. Today we worry about losing satellites and having our communication interrupted instead of fearing them. What other fear will look foolish in the future that seems so important today. What great positive change will be slow in coming because someone wants us to be eaten up by our fears.