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.
Our first foray into Central America. That elongated isthmus that forms the geographic boundary between two vast continents of North and South America. Specifically landing for NYE 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Capital city for this region that does not have its own army, instead relying on its big bro the Estados Unidos to the north is a metropolis of approx. 500K people. Largely wilderness and with both a Pacific and Carribean/Atlantic coast the country is rich in bio diversity. In Spanish it means the rich coast so named by Columbus landing in early 16th century and being mesmerized by the local tribes sporting gold jewelry. Our stay included visiting the foothills of a large strato volcano called Arenal and enjoying the naturally heated thermal baths for a while. Lunching amidst lush forest and watching indigenous species of avian noise makers fly overhead. Toucans, some sort of pea hens, multiple song bird species completed the spectacle. Iguanas and a lonel...
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:)