Dear Reader,
Imagine the man or woman who thought up the idea of putting ridges on twist off lids. This little innovation, one built upon many others, has eased the opening of container lids in an ever so small a way… each use. Cumulatively over a lifetime this little, seemingly irrelevant, innovation saves us all much strength. Multiply that by all the people who’s life has been eased and it is a tremendous amount of energy saved in the course of daily work. Now multiply that, over all the people, throughout time, who will be unburdened by this little small innovation, and you have a mind numbing amount of people helped and energy saved. This is my definition of a brick.
Seems to me that it is with the bricks of innovation that the artifices of mankind are erected. Each brick adding to the mass. The whole improving the lot of man. We are impelled to add bricks to our artifice building it higher to improve the lives’ of our children. They for their children. Mankind slowly, not wafting, but climbing, on the structure of our own creation. That artifice built of the bricks of our innovation. Someone who had seen the artifice even a few hundred years ago would not even recognize it today. But, someone who had seen the artifice one thousand years ago would have recognized the similarities with the artifice of the 1600’s.
Back to the guy or gal who invented the ridges on container lids. When this person stands before the Pearly Gates, they must carry quite a bit of water with the Gate Keeper. The person may have been unjust, cruel, or simply quick tempered. These personal traits at least have some off set. Improving the lot of man. That, is a pretty good offset. This person probably has never thought about this offset, rest assured, it will be brought up in their intercourse with our Gate Keeper. But how much weight should an outcome have on the weight on a man’s soul if he or she was not aware of the magnitude of the virtue/sin? —Too deep… Basically, every little innovation helps. We are called to innovate and think of a better way of doing things. Something that makes people’s lives easier, funnier, or fitter. Then, people’s lives are improved and we all win! The essence of International Capitalism.
