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THE THIRD WORLD WAR
"Beloved villagers ! You will now reap the benefits of electing me. Today you have to walk to reach your farms from here. To catch a train, you have to walk to the village nearby. You will have to bear with all these hardships for only a few days now. From here, the road to the main highway is being constructed. Thereafter, all buses and cars will be able to reach our village. You will not have to waste your time walking for an hour. You will reach the main village in just 10 minutes by bus. You will not have to walk up to the fields also. You will save two hours every day......". The villagers greeted these promising words of the politician with a loud applause.
Then someone questioned : "It is alright that you will help us to save our time. But then what do we do with the two hours that we would have saved ?" The leader replied : "Now you are connected with electricity. Equipments that provide entertainment will now reach your villages, then not only a few hours, but even days and years will go by without you even realising it." People dispersed with expressions of surprise on their faces and hopes of progress in their villages.
Science first invented means and equipments to save time. Then it invented equipment to spend the time thus saved. The time saving equipments eliminated labour from life. The time consuming equipments removed restraint from life. With the reduction of both labour and restraint, the edifice of health started shaking. The turmoil in health carved a fissure in our equanimity. Today this fissure is widening.
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