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Monday, February 03, 2003

Reality TV We left for a hockey tournament in Moorhead, MN Saturday morning. The radio sucks so I didn't listen. My daughter's team lost in a shootout. When I walked out of the arena I was upset as most parents are after a tough loss. She is the goalie so it always hits a little harder when you lose this way. As I entered the lobby I looked up at the TV. I was unaware of what happened to the Shuttle. Things like always put your personal problems in the right perspective. 1:08:59 PM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

My wife last night was chastising me for spending so much time moping about and watching TV yesterday. Her main argument was that these were seven lives, and why do I care about them more than I care about any other seven lives? Glenn Reynolds refutes a similar point here. It does come down to "are some lives worth more than others?" doesn't it? And, in many ways, the astronauts who died yesterday are worth more than you or me. Why? Because they were put into a position of doing research to help all of us out. Science is like that. As Dave Winer points out, the computers we're all using came directly out of space research. I've seen tons of materials come out of space research. Our view of the planet and our view of god (or whatever created us) came out of space research. We are looking upward and wondering. These seven people were our smartest and bravest. Yes, they are worth more than most other seven lives. [The Scobleizer Weblog] Is it these specific lives we mourn or what they repreent. I think it is what they represent.  These 7 people are not more valuable than anyone else but in effect our society works to allow them to do what they do. We will all die but what we create lives on. 1:02:58 PM    Clarence Westberg's Links & Comments

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