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... an instant, Ralph discards his stone axe for this randomly discovered iron axe ... that wisdom and have now lost it? Who is the real hero here, Sam or Fred? ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Fred, Sam and Ralph


1
Fred, Sam and Ralph
  • The simultaneous cultural beginning and ending of
    civilization

2
The Dawn of Time
3
Cultural Characteristics
  • Fred has a work ethic and also has a conscience
  • Sam is a capitalist that dreams of a better life
  • Ralph has been and always will be clueless ?
    Never Asks a Question

4
Relationships and Economy
  • Fred and Sam are friends
  • Fred and Sam do not know about the existence of
    Ralph and vice-versa
  • Their entire economy is based on the harvesting
    of trees.
  • Trees provide food, clothing and shelter
  • Trees are harvested with a stone axe

5
Primitive Tools create equilibrium
6
Sams Goals
  • Improve Freds productivity
  • Give Fred Leisure Time
  • Invent the Internet to make use of Freds leisure
    time
  • Make Money
  • But how to do this?

7
Sam Gets a Clue!!!
8
Seizing the Opportunity
9
RD
  • Sam drags the meteorite to his RD cave and after
    two weeks triumphantly emerges with

10
Now its time for Marketing
  • This extraordinary invention that will save all
    of Fredkind
  • So Fred test markets the Iron Axe and cuts down a
    shitload of trees (since Fred doesnt know what
    else to do)
  • But Fred is cursed with a conscience and is
    compelled to think about the long term
    consequences

11
A Dilemma
  • Progress versus Sustainability

12
The Fred/Sam Dialgoue
  • Sams says the iron axe is great, will create a
    whole new Fred
  • Fred says the iron axe has a fatal flaw and is
    not a gift at all but instead is an instrument of
    doom
  • Fred Wins convinces Sam that the iron axe is a
    bad idea

13
Poor Idea Management
  • Sam walks to the metaphorical end of the world
    and discards the iron axe

14
Whoops!!!
  • The Iron axe lands in the land of Clueless Ralph
  • In an instant, Ralph discards his stone axe for
    this randomly discovered iron axe
  • Ralph can not think ahead

15
Double Whoops!!!!
  • The resource is gone leaving Ralph to merely
    wonder what happened to all the trees

16
Moral?
  • Are we the culture of Ralph's destined to someday
    look at the world and wonder what happened?
  • Can we acquire the wisdom of Fred?
  • Did we once have that wisdom and have now lost
    it?
  • Who is the real hero here, Sam or Fred?
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