What if there were no cosmetics? Would people around the world look different? Think different? Be more productive? Or less productive? Be more focused on what matters than not?
Would the world be poorer without a large segment of economy being non existent? Would other parts of the economy prosper due to lack of the unessential? Would the DOW be up or down? Would divorce rates go down or up?
Would Las Vegas, Dubai, Paris or NY be as popular as they are today? Would our dictionaries be better off without words like Haute xxx or Chic yyy? Would Hollywood and other woods that mimic them exist? Would the society as we know it even exist?
Would the murder rates go up? Would we not have Oscars? What would happen to George Clooney? Any clues?
Such monu'mental' thoughts churn through my mind everyday.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
We have enough trouble with banks/real estate companies going bankrupt. Do you want the L'oreals of the world to go down that route too? Whatever happened to chivalry?
ReplyDeleteDivorce rates I dunno, but marriage rates will sure go down:)