Industrial Disease

Symptoms

(a) Couch potato Syndrome

[b] Fast Food Addiction

[c] Rush Hour driving habits.

[d] Short Attention Span Syndrome

[e] Fear of Walking

Side Effects Postal Worker Syndrome, Road Rage, Listening to Talk radio

An Analysis of the Rush Hour behavior

The centurions and foot soldiers in the Roman army were in a culture
where it was unheard of to rush, or do things in a hurry.

500 years ago, the monks in the monasteries of Europe talked about the
world outside the monasteries and the books as the "temporal world".
The ideal world of eternity was seen as more real than the world of
time.
We now call that world of time the "real world".

The first use of the clock was to cal the monks to prayer. Then a use in

navigation was developed. the something got out of control...

150 years ago Thoreau complained about how everyone was in a hurry and
getting into a rat race. The pace of life was a lot slower then than
now,
but an intersting development was occurring. About the same time,
General Sherman and his crew were able to blast a tunnel through a
mountain,
lay tracks, and drive a train up to the battlefield in less than 24
hours.

The first use of "total war" and "scorched earth" was followed by
the march to the sea, during which cigaretttes were invented, and
gunpowder was put on the tobacco so that it would continue burning while

the soldiers continued the forced march. Most cigarettes today still
contain
gunpowder chemicals to allow the consumer to continue his or her pace.

The trench warfare of World War One brought a new intensity to the
mood of desperate hurry. Chain smoking became possible because
cigarettes
could be purchased allready rolled.

It wasn't untill World War Two that the phenomenon of continuous rush
hour
was in effect. During and after WW II there was for the first time in
history, a rush hour happening at some point on the globe at any hour
of the day.

A hysterical pitch developed during the Vietnam War. The delivery of
bombs
could be continuous if two or more aircraft carriers worked in shifts to

deploy aircraft during twenty four hours of the clock. Competition
between
the carriers was encouraged by awards for the most tonnage delivered
in a certain time interval. On at least one occasion, half of a ship and

several planes burned up in the rush to launch planes without time for
proper safety precautions. The planes were so close togehter that they
ignited each other in a chain reaction.

There is a sign at the entrance to the Federal Express Super Hub in
Memphis
that says "No Running". In order to get people to work at a frenetic
pace
at midnight a new type of personality disorder was developed.

The existence of the fast food window gives a clue to this personality
type.
We must consider to the deranged condition of the desperate and
hysterical
customers who can now drive up to the window and have the food placed
directly into the mouth while they are still in the car, (and the car
is still moving).

A state of continual forced march. A state of desperate driving
conditions.
A diminishing attention span...

"History is a race between education and catastrophy." H.G. Wells

A special effort must be made to combat this contagious attitude of
panic.
One helpfull idea is the fact that, no matter what the circumstances,
a balanced, centered, atitude is more beneficial than one of panic,
or worrying, or rushing. I percieve this to be hte central paradigm of
Buddhism, that slowing down the thoughts is more helpfull than speeding
up
the thought processes, and that there is rarely any good reason for
being
in a hurry, and never any logical reason for being desperate enough to
eat fast food. Even the pace of breathing has been affected by modern
circumstances.

Sometimes there doesn't even seem to be enough time to take a deep
breath.

Cures

Watch less TV, read more.
Drive Cars less, walk more.
Eat less fast food, eat from a plate more often.

[3 Step Program]

Three Step Program Work 30 minutes a day or more, read 30 minutes a day or more, walk 30 minutes a day or more.

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