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Copyright © 2000 by Enlightened publishers All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright convention This Book (eBook) or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher Book summary >>> Ulysses arrived on Planet Earth with an invisible space ship after light years of travel He came from Planet Progress It was only during the last two generations that the people of Planet Progress actually secured the survival of the human species on their planet They came very close to self-extinction For over a century Planet Earth has been under observation by the scientists of Planet Progress These scientists were amazed to discover the great similarities between the two planets They also understood the criticality of the next two centuries for the survival of the human species on planet earth They chose Ulysses to carry out this rescue mission, for many reasons But perhaps the most convincing reason was his unique ability to "see" into the subconscious of other people and, without speaking, directly communicate with their minds And so the Story begins It is about the Eternal Human saga… Why are we here? Who are we? Should we question our values? What is our place in the universe? An Illustrated story that you don’t want to miss This is what the story about: • Man is what he believes, and so is a woman [-CHEKHOV ] • Against stupidity even God is helpless [ LEO ROSTEN ] • Education: That which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge [MARK TWAIN ] • Where all think alike, no one thinks much [ WALTER LIPPMANN ] • I not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance [ THOMAS CARLYLE ] • Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.[SAMUEL JOHNSON ] • One is a lie, two are lies, but three lies become politics [- LEO ROSTEN ] • Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under [ - H L MENCKEN ] • Art is a lie that enables us to realize the truth [ PABLO PICASSO • Everyone wants to "understand" art Why not try to understand the song of a bird? [ PABLO PICASSO ] • Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them [-SAMUEL BUTLER ] • The earth has a skin, and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man [ -FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE ] • Television is democracy at its ugliest [ PADDY CHAYEVSKY ] • Wild animals never kill for sport Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself [-JAMES A FROUDE ] • The test of a good religion is weather you can joke about it [- G K CHESTERTON ] • It is dangerous to free people who prefer to be slaves to their ignorance [ - MACHIAVELLI ] • The human mind is our fundamental resource [ J F KENNEDY ] • We are all on a spaceship, and the spaceship is called earth Four billion passengers- and no skippers [ VERNER VON BRAUN ] • My first wish is to see this plague of mankind-war-banished from the earth, but human stupidity will prevent this from happening [ -GEORGE WASHINGTON ] • I sometimes think that God, in creating Man, somewhat overestimated his ability [-OSCAR WILDE] · Stone O Light (Pseudonym) successfully retired in his late 40-th, before the burst of the About The Author: stock market’s bubble (year 2001) He was one of the founders of a highly profitable High-Tech company Prior to that he was leading the development of state of the art defense- projects Some of his inventions are utilized onboard hundreds of military airplanes He received his Ph.D in the US Naval-Post-Graduate-School after a wellaccomplished carrier as a Naval officer Stone O Light published numerous articles in Scientific and Trade journals Now in his retirement, he decided to share some of the amusing observations he made during his diverse carrier About The Illustrator: The book’s illustrations are the work of Vered Evenor A successful print making artist (Graduate of Tyler art school in Philadelphia) whose works of art were exhibited in numerous art- galleries and artshows >>>>>>> About The Story >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Table_Of_Content >>>>>>> Better_Understanding WHY? >>> [N_13]>>>Art ULYSSES_FROM_PLANET_PROGRESS THE_ENCOUNTER_WITH_THE_INVINCIBLE_MR_ [N_1]>>>Art THE_GREAT_CONSUMPTION_AGE >>> SEX_BY_THE_SOAP >>> [N_2]>>>Art RENDEZVOUS_WITH_THE_LEGISLATOR >>> [N_3]>>>Art THE_AVANT_GARDE_GOVERNMENT_EXPERT >>> [N_4]>>>Art THE_CONTAMINATION_OF_SCIENCE_AND_THE_ [N_5]>>>Art THE_CASTLES_OF_TECHNOLOGY THE_RULING_LORDS >>> [N_6]>>>Art THE_GLORY_AND_THE_SHAME_OF_THE_GCA >>> [N_7A]>>Art THE_IDIOCY_OF_ENTERTAINMENT_DURING_THE_GCA [N_7]>>>Art RELIGION_THE_PAINFUL_BACKBONE_OF_CIVILIZATION [N_8]>>>Art THE_FIRST_STEP_IN_THE_PLAN_OF_RESURRECTION [N_9]>>>Art THE_STOLEN_MINDS [N_10]>>Art >>> THE_THREE_LANED_HIGHWAY_TO_THE_NEW_HAVEN [N_10A]>Art REPLACING_THE_CRIPPLED_CAPTAINS >>> [N_10B]>Art THE_EVOLUTION_OF_THE_GLOBAL_BRAIN >>> [N_11]>>Art THE_MULTI_ARM_SPIRAL_OF_PROGRESS THE_ETERNAL_WAR_BETWEEN_LIGHT_AND_DARKNESS [N_12]>>Art REVELATIONS Eternity >>> [N_0]>>>Art Tips_For_The_Wise >>> [N_E1]>>> Art E1 Human_Nature…Philosophy >>> [N_E2]>>> Art E2 Just_Funny >>> [N_E3]>>> Art E3 > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Artistic preview Artistic_preview\Final_13.htm Better_Understanding To>> Table of content N_13 WHY? It is estimated that a newborn baby has a memory capacity thousands of times greater than that of the largest computer on earth to-date By the age of three, the baby's intelligence, and his ability to learn and to associate, far surpasses the ability of all the computers combined Yet on his twenty-first birthday, this grown baby is very likely to be profoundly and permanently confused Furthermore, his chances of ever regaining intellectual coherency are slim To appreciate the powerful forces that manage to generate such disarray in the "human computer", it is worth shedding some light on its capacity versus the electronic computer At this moment hundreds of scientists are devoting their best talents in attempts to teach the electronic computer the simple skill of recognizing an image That skill is well known to a year old infant Meanwhile, hundreds of other dedicated scientists have been spending the last several years attempting to teach the computer to interpret the sounds of the human spoken language That skill is well accomplished by a two years old child Yet the same "highly unintelligent electronic machines" are smart enough to control and coordinate our vehicles, stores, banks and industry They are even involved in our media, entertainment, education, and health care This little brain behind the screen has the ultimate say in the design of most transportation vehicles, fighting machines, civil construction, and even today's fashion and music This idea raises a question: How can such a "meager minded" machine with an intelligence in some cases, of less than a little baby exercise so much control over our world, yet we, who are equipped with an even more sophisticated computer, barely control our own lives? In fact, our super computer often turns against us and spins our mind into an endless circle of confusion It is the type of confusion that leads many youngsters to drinking, drug abuse, and suicide It is also the power that throws many helpless souls into the pits of fanatic religion and elusive spiritualism It is the type of confusion that makes people the enemies of themselves and turns friends into foes It rules our working environment and overwhelms our political system Stumbling through these clouds of confusion, many adults concluded that there really is no sense in this world and, if sense does exist, it must be beyond comprehension So, in despair, they embark on a futile and life long journey of self- deceit Layer after layer of misconception and false notion are loaded into their data- base In turn, the corrupted data- base further pushes the human super-computer into the endless spiral of more confusion And then, to insure no possible recovery, a huge warning label is set on the spiraling state of confusion; it reads “Don't Touch This computer suffers from the incurable virus known as stupidity.” So here are the key questions: How can such a potent computer be transformed from an asset into a liability? What are those enormous programming powers that cripple the human computer? Who is perpetuating the spiral of confusion and where will it end? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To>> Table of content N_13 ULYSSES_FROM_PLANET_PROGRESS Ulysses arrived on Planet Earth with an invisible space ship after light years of travel He came from Planet Progress It was only during the last two generations that the people of Planet Progress actually secured the survival of the human species on their planet They came very close to self-extinction due to a chain of events that seemed beyond their control The current scientific belief is that the close call of self-destruction was prevented by the planet's global regulatory system Ulysses himself served as the chairman of the Planet Regulatory Board for five years before his journey to planet Earth For over a century Planet Earth has been under observation by the scientists of Planet Progress These scientists were amazed to discover the great similarities between the two planets They also understood the criticality of the next two centuries for the survival of the human species on planet earth Due to the amazing similarities between Planet Progress and planet earth, the scientists believe that humans on planet earth are now in a great danger In fact, according to their predictions,, in absence of constructive intervention, the extinction of the human race on earth is certain The scientists had already established that out of billions of dead planets, there are only a handful of human-inhabited planets Presently, earth is one of the inhabited planets that can be physically reached by their spaceships And so, in the name of the "human spirit", they decided to launch an intergalactic rescue mission They chose Ulysses to carry out this rescue mission, for many reasons But perhaps the most convincing reason was his unique ability to "see" into the subconscious of other people and, without speaking, directly communicate with their minds And so, after light years of travel, Ulysses found himself in the middle of an empty field on the continent of North America His stealthy spaceship’s landing spot was carefully selected by the exploratory team that had landed on earth several years before They concluded that North America was the perfect landing place for an alien to be most likely accepted The exploratory team experienced great difficulties in understanding the natives' cultural habits Therefore, the first task of Ulysses' mission was to decipher the driving forces behind the natives' weird behavior patterns In order to accomplish this task, the complete historical data- base of Planet Progress was loaded into his spaceship’s computer Since the great resemblance between the two planets might result in historical similarities, Planet Progress' data- base would assist Ulysses in his first task He was told that the first step he had to take for his successful social acceptance was to acquire a nice vehicle His spaceship landed within walking distance of a used car lot; therefore, shortly after landing, Ulysses owned his first transportation vehicle on Earth As he started his great mission, Ulysses looked up to the sky and said his prayer: "Please give me the wisdom to find my way in this eternal confusion and give me the intelligence to enlighten the less fortunate And, if I succeed in my struggle, please give me the strength to remain humble so I may maintain my wisdom." @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To>> Table of content N_13