In 1864, Herbert Spencer wrote "This survival of the fittest, implies multiplication of the fittest." He had no idea that the term "survival of the fittest" would come to mean the most highly trained and physically energetic of our day and time. During the current economic recession, businesses are facing the "survival of the fit" only because many are far from being the fittest companies in business. In the face of adversity, the fittest aren't trying to survive; they're seeing opportunities that never before existed.

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A few hours ago, I spotted this search phrase in my analytics program: "i live in my own little world. but it's okay,they know me here." (That's exactly how it was entered. I simply cut and pasted it.) It made me start thinking about things that are going on around me; things that I know I'm powerless to change.

Gasoline and Gasoline Engines

Gasoline was invented prior to the coining of the word in 1865, although the exact date is unknown. The first gasoline-powered engine was built in 1885, more than 122 years ago. Why are people still driving vehicles that run on gasoline? I don't know which business sector is behind it, either the automotive industry or the oil industry or both, but they've done a good job of stifling innovation over the years. It isn't their fault, however, it's ours. "Ours" meaning American citizens and residents. We allowed them to get away with it.

Technology

It's no wonder that countries like China and India are starting to pass the US in technology (if they already haven't). Japan is already technologically superior to the US. In some ways, so is South Korea. How far down on the totem pole do we want to be? It's all about greed and power. Those with the power are greedy and will continue to be that way for as long as we let them, but what can we do about it? Our government won't do anything because most politicians are bought by the highest bidder and the ones that aren't, well, they don't get very far. Peons like me don't have enough power to make a dent in either business or politics.

Copyrights

How about the effects of copyright laws on innovation? Current US copyright laws keeps copyrighted works protected longer than most people will remain alive. That wasn't the intent of the founding fathers, but like everything else, power and greed changed all that. The intent was to ensure compensation for creators of new works for a limited period of time. After that, the works would enter the public domain where other people could use those works to innovate in other ways. The current laws make it impossible, basically keeping copyright protection in effect for an unlimited amount of time.

Do You Care?

I sometimes feel like I'm writing to a mindless throng of people who are either clueless or just don't care about things that continue to happen around us. I know I'm not the only blog author that feels this way, but there's not much I or they can do about it. While the main intent of my blog (believe it or not) is to give other blogs a boost, the popularity level of my blog isn't high enough to do much good on its own. It now averages around 300 unique visitors per day and the searchers are looking for things that just aren't there.

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