[Alumni-chat] What will the BOT do?

[alanbenard (alanbenard at pobox.com)]

>>Find me a job
>>that does not require me to contribute in some way to the oppression of this
>>planet and the lifeforms found upon it by way of stealing, lying, cheating,
>>segmenting & fragmenting my personality, and/or indirectly or directly
>>murdering my fellow human beings and I'll gladly grab a mop and be the first
>>in line to sign up for bathroom cleaning duties.
>I know how you feel. From the vantage of almost 60 I see the dreams of youth
>in ashes. But really it’s always been a 50-50 proposition. The ying and the
>yang. Its possible that a more humanistic regime will arise here in our,
>your lifetimes. Sometimes the striving is as important as the result.
There's a spot, somewhere, where your actions will do more good than harm on balance. Look for ways to help people one-on-one, even if it is in the belly of a badly-run system that causes people grief. People will need you and appreciate you being the human who will go to bat for them within that system more than a clean bathroom. 

Alan Benard, '92