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I’m from the boomer generation that grew out of dependency. We relied on our family, friends, educators, employers and the government. We worked together to help each other; to learn, to prosper, to keep the peace, to protect our environment and secure our health and welfare.
Along came the binary digital age. We got categorized, numbered, filed and labeled into a statistic. Each category was graded for efficiency and compliance. Now our government wants to discard the inefficient and negative categories in the name of efficiency.
I ask the questions: Efficient at what cost? Efficient for which demographic? Efficient for whom? Efficient for the few who depend on us to enrich themselves?
I long for the days we were dependent on each other for the sake of humanity.
Russell Tong
Nuuanu
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