Thursday, September 30, 2010

Our legacy...





You know the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure"? Well, that's a lie. I've been going around to different antique stores, flea markets, and salvage stations and I notice that no one really cares about these places or the things that are there. It seems the only type of people that are interested in things from the past are the older generations who grew up in those eras, the fifties and sixties. 

The problem is people are so obsess with staying up to date with technology that as soon as something new comes out, everything before that becomes old and obsolete; creating more "waste" and "trash". you can go into any mall and see for yourself how frantic people are shopping for new things and staying up with trends and styles. 

If there is anything archeology has taught me it is that we learn about past cultures and civilization based upon the things they had build and created and have left behind.  So with all of our trash and e-waste and all the things we throw away or leave laying around our house unused, what does that say about our generation and us as people?

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