10The Unimaginable

Have you ever thought about putting your nicest clothes on and driving down to the coast and into the harbor so you can wave goodbye to a ship that is heading out to sea?

Of course not.

If anyone suggested this idea, they would be laughed at and ridiculed. Yet numerous decades ago, people flocked to the shoreline in their finest attire to wave at a boat until it disappeared over the horizon. And almost no one who participated in this activity knew a single passenger on the ship.

Many years from now, people will be equally shocked about the things that we choose to spend our time on. For example, millions of adults watch a television show about a recently married couple looking to buy their first home, and children all over ...

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