So FST is a pop culture blog, right? Cool. Well POP-ular culture hasn't changed for me in quite some time, but I have had something pretty weighty on my mind. And it goes into a killer insight section. So anyways, what I've been thinking about is the bomb.
Yes, that bomb. The big bomb. I have been researching for a play that I'm writing and in my research I came across just how painfully human the search for the bomb was. We all know that the end result was blowing off a chunk of Japan, but in the process, many careers were made and ruined and all of that great stuff. There were two gentlemen in particular that always stand out to me when I research this stuff. That brings us to this column's
Fun Fact Section
The head scientist and the head military advisor for the bomb both hated the project, but for very different reasons.
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer was the head of the Manhattan Project, which produced the bomb. He considered himself a citizen of the world and a nihilist (as most scientists of his time did) and was horrified at the destruction that he had unleashed on the world. On top of this, many of Oppenheimer's theoretical physics colleagues were German. He had spent extensive time in his formative years lecturing and touring Europe so he was afraid that America was going to kasplode his buddies.
Col. Leslie Groves was a top military advisor to the Manhattan Project. On top of this, Col. Groves was an extremely gifted commander who had been put in charge of two top secret and super important projects (namely the construction of the Pentagon and the Manhattan Project). Great, right? Wrong. Col. Groves apparently requested a transfer to an "active" theatre of war on a regular basis and dreaded the day that the war came to an end. As if he hadn't had a chance to prove himself.
These two people were friends and they worked side by side. Both of them hated what they were doing, which brings us to this column's
Insight Section
I think everyone hates their job. I know very very few people who like what they do. Are you ready to follow me on this one? Ok, here goes.
I personally come to the conclusion that human beings are genetically wired to be unhappy. Why is this? Well, if you think about out formative years as a species, the people who were unsatisfied were the ones the kept foraging longer than their cave man brothers. Those fuckers took a nap and got eaten by a T-Rex.
All dinosaur jokes aside, I honestly think the advent of desk life on modern society didn't give time for evolution to catch up. Dissatisfied people make great farmers because farming take toiling. Being a receptionist who is antsy to get things done is just a drag. Being a farmer that aches to work is smart.
Oh...and the bomb and shit.
Anywhoo...so this week doesn't have a mail bag because no one wrote in to ryandeegilmour@hotmail.com. So, this week’s mail bag question is.
"What other things about human nature hurts us in modern times."
Okey-dokey. Everyone be safe and remember to email
Super Short Poem
"He who finds a job they love will never work a day in their life."
-Quoted from Con-Fush-Ous
Unless someone lied to me a long time ago
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