Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lights vs human ratio

As I was flying from Seattle to San Jose yesterday, I was looking at the night lights in the cities and highways. Could it be possible that there are more lights than humans in this country?
Even at home, we keep the lights switched on, in most of the rooms after it gets dark. I'm now sitting in my living room, there are 2 lights here and one in our aquarium. 3 lights for one person:-(
We are taught from childhood not to keep the house dark. I've seen homes where all the rooms are lighted until everyone hits the bed. There are homes where they leave one or two lights switched on even if they go on vacation for 2 months (hoping that thieves wouldn't eye their home).
So much for the fear of Darkness and for security.
Reminds me of a news article i read recently about a cruise near San Diego where the ship went without power for 3 days. On the first day, there was this couple who slept for 24 hours because they didn't know what to do without power. And..they were just married.

3 comments:

Ramsi said...

Darkness: The Lap of Creation

Ananth said...

Ramsi, you went to seattle??? What took you to the rainy city? In SFO these days??

Ramsi said...

Yes, still in SFO. Sathsang-kaaga Seattle ponaen. Lovely city - enjoyed the rain too :)