[at-l] People, Nature and "Development"

[Jim Bullard]

Well, beavers build dams for the benefit of their extended families.
There may be more than one lodge in a beaver pond. Hoover Dam was
built for the benefit of a larger human family but the impulse was the
same and the power generated by Hoover Dam is very much a part of the
lives of those it was built to benefit. It is right there at there
fingertips when they turn on a light.

On 1/1/07, Jim Lynch <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> There might be another angle.
>    The beaver builds the dam for his families personal use and protection.
> They live there.  Its not remote to them, its home.  The dam is very much a
> part of their life.
>    Hoover Dam was built by individuals who had no personal interest in it
> (other than doing a job well).  The dam, and its impoundment meant nothing
> to them after it was done.  The benefit of the dam accrues to people who are
> remote from it and the benefit is indirect (e.g. the dam is but one of many
> providers of electricity and water).
>    Not to suggest that one is good and the other isn't; but there is a
> difference.
>
>
>
> > In a message dated 12/29/2006 10:21:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > icw at wardanddavis.com writes:
> > *
> > *
> > *
> >
> > "Describe in defensible, logical terms, the
> > difference between a beaver dam and Hoover Dam."
> >
>
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