stories from finland
inside - The rediscovery of one of the Great Mysteries of Life -
Love.
outside - The weather - Finland is currently in a stage of
metamorphosis, when the cold and dark winter turns in to a beautiful
spring.
future - Space is no longer a limit for communication in the
industrialized countries. However, the poor will always be poor, and the rich
will be rich - man doesn't change, only the surroundings do.
Fabian Fagerholm <fabbe@clinet.fi>
Grankulla, Finland - Saturday, February 01, 1997 at 06:31:49 (GMT)
inside - We had a quiz and I won...not with knowledge,just by guessing
basically.
outside - It is so damned cold outside that it affects me very seriously
if i would happen to go outside.
future - rats,rats,rats all over....no talk,no bullshit anymore. R.I.P.
the human race.
heli pesonen <hkpesone@cc.helsinki.fi>
helsinki, Finland - Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 17:47:29 (GMT)
inside - Some days ago we talked about dreams during our
laboratory coffee break. I began to write down
my dreams every morning and I found out, that now
I can remember them much better than earlier. I can
even recognise, which daytime experiences reflect
into my dreams. This is quite interesting journey
into my own unconsiousness, perhaps I will find
something new.
outside - There has not been so much happening here recently.
Many large fires during this winter have created
some discussion about safety. Governemt is thinking
to make smoke detectors compulsory for every
household. One girl was hanging from her balcony
some weeks ago, her apartment was in fire. She
dropped down from 7th floor, as it began to be too
hot. Public tries to find who was quilty for her
death, fire department or urban planners who had
made the space between apartment blocks too
narrow. It was really just a bad luck, but public
likes the "witch hunt". At least press can make
some profit from it, if nothing else. Perhaps
people learn to be more careful with fire, common
sense has deteriorated in this urban lifestyle.
future - I know, that I can not know it exactly. During the
past 100 years world has changed so much, that
my wildest dreams about future would be too simple.
I think humans will change considerably, as their
society changes. Today some kids of my friends
have learned to use VCR remote controller before
they leart to talk. I can only quess, what the
people are like after 100 more years. Virtual
reality, new communication era and all the other
advances in science will shape the world and
people. This could be very dangerous also, what
if some big brother will filter all the information
we get, and nobody even notices it ? Future can
be very nice or horrible, human nature is so
unpredictable. Gap between rich and poor countries
will grow, if there is not any radical change
and soon. In the west we fly towards new kind of
information society, still most of the people
in the world do not have any changes to get the
telephone in close future. I wonder, what will
be the result ?
Mika Helsingius <helsing@cs.tut.fi>
Nastola, Finland - Monday, January 20, 1997 at 07:13:14 (GMT)
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