Thought for the Day -- Good or Bad?

It occurred to me today that I myself, as a percentage of the entire population of the planet am so infintesimal that I may not actually exist. Even if EVERYONE who knows me is added to the equation, the percentage is still too small to register on most hand-held calculators. (In fact, is there a hand-held that can register the population of the earth as a whole number?)

So, as a point of perspective, is that good or bad?

Neither, I suspect. Why should a moral value (good or bad) attach to a percentage number?

Morality does not depend on percentages. Morality is the ultimate undefinable.

A "Good" person may do a bad thing. A "Bad" person may do a good thing. Somethng done with good intentions may have a bad outcome. The reverse is also true. What I preceive as a good and moral act may be preceived by another party as the opposite.

Think about it. When you watch television, almost all of the speakers use the same voice, the same accent. Occasionally, a different speech pattern will be introduced for effect. (frequently comic) Our usage, our structure, our English has become homoginized. That is good. It means that a phrase can be understood in every part of the country.

But what have we lost? Once upon a time, a Southerner, a New Englander and a Mid-westerner were all very, very readily identifiable by their speech. Today, we all sound alike.

Guys - remember when every year, car models changed, and ever line of cars was entirely distinct?

Good, or bad?

Or is it simply the way things are?

Thought for the day: Even if, in a global population perspective, I don't exist, I still want to be myself and perhaps make some difference in the people around me by what I say, what I do, and what I blog.