WhiteKingWins
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Strange journey , life.
Particularly on the internet ...
So the content of this post will appear as very negative , dark and gloomy.
Tomorrow I might think differently but it's doubtful.
See the thing is , it's gone and it's not coming back.
What do I mean by that ? I mean that world you find so many on the conspiratorium side of the web yearning for.
The days of old , the past , a time in peoples imagination where things were " better ". It's all gone and it's not coming back.
Was it ever better ? I can't say. What tradition would people want to return to ? How far back ? 100 ? 200 ? 300 years ?
Just a few decades ? Well we can't. It's gone now , changed forever. History is a memory and whose memory is it anyway ?
Yours ? Or a memory carefuly painted for you ? Is it the innocence of our youth we long to " return " to ? The days when we were blissfully unaware of the tangled web of lies that portrays itself as our history ?
It became apparent to me many years ago that the nature of man does not change. The language and technology changes but not the nature of man , the spirit , the desires and the flaws in his mental and physical capablities.
It's all the same now as it ever was , only with touch screen technology and wireless internet. If you spend any time reading old books or poetry you can see this. You can see that the nature of man has always been the same.
Gullible fools really for the most part. Wr go along to get along , rarely having the inclination to step out of line for fear of being singled out and cast aside from the ever changing background we find ourselves part of.
Its a short life as well. Very short , in the body anyway.
Back to the point though. It's gone and it's not coming back.
This ..... this is what we have now. This moment in time , this is ours. We made it happen if you think about it.
It's possible to lay blame on certain groups here and there but we have all taken part in shaping this moment. This age. This time in history. None of us are truly innocent.
For example this internet thing. We are all acutely aware it is being used as a tool of surveilance and opinion / mind shaping.
But we still use it. Dutifully logging in and posting our latest thing. Adding to it. Feeding it.
We are feeding a beast , truth be told.
If we all logged off today and never came back imagine how shocked the surveilence state would be ? They would be worried.
" where did they go ? What are they doing ?! "
Control you see. That's never been any different either, just the language and technology changes , the methods of control.
But lets be honest , we wont all log off today and never come back.
Just like you will never live to see a moment where every person on Earth suddenly " gets it " and goes back to some method of living that nobody can even define , though they assume it would be " better " than what they see now.
Would it ? I can't say , because nobody can tell me to what time we should return and even those who do can't really think of a way to get there other than posting things online.
I suppose I'm having a personal day here. A moment of introspection. I just left all social media and said my goodbye.
That it would be better to focus my attention on things within my ability to change. I'm not capable of changing everything and why should I be ? I'm just another moment in time. A glimpse of what is and what was.
Have you thaught much about this sort of thing ? Have you noticed ?
We are all constantly trying to change each others mind about something. Getting into silly fights and squabbles with people we will never actually meet.
For what ? It's such a drain. Such a waste of time.
Why is it a waste of time ?
Because you can't wake people up. You can only show them they are asleep.
But you have to show them , not tell them.
People prefer not to know they are asleep.
I mean that literally. Have you ever tried waking someone up who is actually asleep and saying " hey , wake up , wake up ... did you know you are asleep ? "
They will tell you to fuck off and try and go back to sleep and what was the point in telling them anyway ? They were happy there. Asleep. Dreaming. Unaware of the nature of the world around them.
I find it much the same as these internet places. As much as I enjoy coming along and saying " have you seen this ? "
Now and again I have a profound realization that it's just a waste of time and nothing will come of it.
That I shouldn't be trying to wake people up , they want to be asleep and what gives me the right to walk in guns blazing and point out that we are all a foolish bunch ?
Quite a dark day today , even though the sun is shining outside.
I have so much to cherish and nurture , but days like this I want to just walk away and pretend I never made any of it possible. Pretend I never contributed to anyone elses dreams or hopes because mine feel like they are gone , for the moment.
Thanks for coming to my DED Talk.
Particularly on the internet ...
So the content of this post will appear as very negative , dark and gloomy.
Tomorrow I might think differently but it's doubtful.
See the thing is , it's gone and it's not coming back.
What do I mean by that ? I mean that world you find so many on the conspiratorium side of the web yearning for.
The days of old , the past , a time in peoples imagination where things were " better ". It's all gone and it's not coming back.
Was it ever better ? I can't say. What tradition would people want to return to ? How far back ? 100 ? 200 ? 300 years ?
Just a few decades ? Well we can't. It's gone now , changed forever. History is a memory and whose memory is it anyway ?
Yours ? Or a memory carefuly painted for you ? Is it the innocence of our youth we long to " return " to ? The days when we were blissfully unaware of the tangled web of lies that portrays itself as our history ?
It became apparent to me many years ago that the nature of man does not change. The language and technology changes but not the nature of man , the spirit , the desires and the flaws in his mental and physical capablities.
It's all the same now as it ever was , only with touch screen technology and wireless internet. If you spend any time reading old books or poetry you can see this. You can see that the nature of man has always been the same.
Gullible fools really for the most part. Wr go along to get along , rarely having the inclination to step out of line for fear of being singled out and cast aside from the ever changing background we find ourselves part of.
Its a short life as well. Very short , in the body anyway.
Back to the point though. It's gone and it's not coming back.
This ..... this is what we have now. This moment in time , this is ours. We made it happen if you think about it.
It's possible to lay blame on certain groups here and there but we have all taken part in shaping this moment. This age. This time in history. None of us are truly innocent.
For example this internet thing. We are all acutely aware it is being used as a tool of surveilance and opinion / mind shaping.
But we still use it. Dutifully logging in and posting our latest thing. Adding to it. Feeding it.
We are feeding a beast , truth be told.
If we all logged off today and never came back imagine how shocked the surveilence state would be ? They would be worried.
" where did they go ? What are they doing ?! "
Control you see. That's never been any different either, just the language and technology changes , the methods of control.
But lets be honest , we wont all log off today and never come back.
Just like you will never live to see a moment where every person on Earth suddenly " gets it " and goes back to some method of living that nobody can even define , though they assume it would be " better " than what they see now.
Would it ? I can't say , because nobody can tell me to what time we should return and even those who do can't really think of a way to get there other than posting things online.
I suppose I'm having a personal day here. A moment of introspection. I just left all social media and said my goodbye.
That it would be better to focus my attention on things within my ability to change. I'm not capable of changing everything and why should I be ? I'm just another moment in time. A glimpse of what is and what was.
Have you thaught much about this sort of thing ? Have you noticed ?
We are all constantly trying to change each others mind about something. Getting into silly fights and squabbles with people we will never actually meet.
For what ? It's such a drain. Such a waste of time.
Why is it a waste of time ?
Because you can't wake people up. You can only show them they are asleep.
But you have to show them , not tell them.
People prefer not to know they are asleep.
I mean that literally. Have you ever tried waking someone up who is actually asleep and saying " hey , wake up , wake up ... did you know you are asleep ? "
They will tell you to fuck off and try and go back to sleep and what was the point in telling them anyway ? They were happy there. Asleep. Dreaming. Unaware of the nature of the world around them.
I find it much the same as these internet places. As much as I enjoy coming along and saying " have you seen this ? "
Now and again I have a profound realization that it's just a waste of time and nothing will come of it.
That I shouldn't be trying to wake people up , they want to be asleep and what gives me the right to walk in guns blazing and point out that we are all a foolish bunch ?
Quite a dark day today , even though the sun is shining outside.
I have so much to cherish and nurture , but days like this I want to just walk away and pretend I never made any of it possible. Pretend I never contributed to anyone elses dreams or hopes because mine feel like they are gone , for the moment.
Thanks for coming to my DED Talk.
