Future shock is too much change in too short a period of time. Modern man feels shock from rapid changes. We have become cities without a history. Urban populations double every 11 years. The overall production of goods and services doubles each 50 years in developed countries. Society experiences an increasing number of changes with an… Continue reading Mind the E-Gap
Category: History
Legends of Castle Frauenfeld
Unwilling to have She Who Must Be Obeyed criticize me for remaining at home with nice weather outside while She had to work, I left the Eden known as Landschlacht for the corrupting pleasures of the Thurgau Cantonal capital, Frauenfeld. My mission: To distract myself in a museum, or along some pathway, or linger Euro-style upon… Continue reading Legends of Castle Frauenfeld
Along the Fable Trail
On the Swiss shore of the Untersee arm of the Lake of Constance, between Schaffhausen and Kreuzlingen, is the town of Steckborn, population nearly 4,000. Steckborn marks the start of a 2 1/2-hour walk, east to the town of Ermatigen, called the Fable Trail. Like many of the trails to be found in Thurgau Canton, the… Continue reading Along the Fable Trail