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 we should say "Join, Join!' -- we ARE you.

     3 spokes in our wheel:

Source:  Smithsonian Magazine, July/August, 2010:

from their editorial, 'What you need to know for the next 40 years' :

"Scientists say the capacity to imagine the future is one of the most salient human qualities, separating us from the other animals and even our fellow primates.  The idea behind this special issue (40th Anniversary of the Magazine! -- Happy Birthday :)  is to get a better feel for the consequences of what humanity is up to, and to anticipate whatever's next. '  Smithsonian set out 40 years ago to fashion guideposts for today and tomorrow.  That pursuit seems more pressing than ever'.
     Terry Monmaney, Executive Editor.

from the Pop Questions feature, which interviews random folks on the Mall in Washington, D.C.  :

"How do you feel about the future?"

"I have great faith in this country and in this world and I believe that people will find solutions and figure out how to move forward collectively."
     Susan Cummins;  Bethesda, Maryland.

from 'the View from the Castle' -- the mag's letter from the Big Boss:

' Discussing his new book about the Enlightenment,  the Age of Wonder :  How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terro of Science' ,   biographer and historian Richard Holmes recently considered science today and in the coming decades.  To my delight and surprise, he concluded:   'If there is a second Age of Wonder, I believe it will be driven by the United States of America, and the Smithsonian will be at the heart of this new possibility.'
     G. Wayne Clough
     Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution


     As an aspiring biographer and historian,  straining to look into the mists of time, I see a glimmer that tells me  CommonSenS may have found its place,  40 years from now.

me and Shadow