You hear talk of previous times gone by, of catastrophe and disaster bringing people together to help each other and thy neighbour in times of need. It seems a long-lost fairy tale given how people treat each other on the street on a day-to-day basis.
The ‘war like spirit’ they talk off in this country at least. During and after. But did it last? Clearly not, because it seems that once the event or drama has passed, people just drift away from each other again and back to their own lives. Changed in a way, but not enough to change the way we are. It has even been mentioned after a hurricane in the states that everyone did come together in the aftermath, but it quickly dissipates away and that feeling of being able to help each other and achieve something is lost. Some people have even said ‘we need a good revolution to bring everyone together’, which I found odd that we would need tragedy or disaster to sit up and take note. It always takes a tragedy they say.
Because even though lots of people may have seen it coming, and even talked about the likelihood or probability of it occurring, it’s not until it happens that people act. Or talk about it further, to say how they saw it coming and wasn’t it obvious? So not really odd after all then, quite predictable in fact. That people are more inclined to recognise a developing hazard or threat, will then discuss it at length and identify how it will occur, and how it could actually be averted. And then? They sit back and allow the situation or event to unfold, watching it, almost saying as it happens ‘I knew that was going to happen’, with a strange sense of smugness about being able to see it coming. Infuriating. The whole point and purpose of being able to plan ahead and be able to strategise and understand sequences of actions and events, is to use it to avert such things, in my opinion. Not be entranced by the process, and sit waiting for a result to prove our ego correct. That’s what children do, to learn and understand if their thought processes are correct, try and test the theory. Sometimes with painful consequences, both physically and emotionally. But some it seems do like to see the full drama unfold, or play out, and have no intention of avoiding anything.
So, what of that spirit they talk of? The one after the shit has hit the fan, and recovery is in process. Yes, it seems as a collective we have that one. But I wonder if we have the capacity for another type of spirit, the one that also gets talked of now and again, more as myth though, and with the spirit always being crushed conveniently or thwarted so the catastrophe plays out. However, could it be that we are also able to pull together before the dam bursts, or before the bridge collapses? I wonder…
It’s very easy to not be completely digital, and although I hear talk and see part of the digital future trying to encircle us, I still don’t think it was ever going to work as it’s told. It’s just a plan that sounds good to some on paper, and as they would like it. But that does not make it so.
I have even written many an article on the whole premise, Ministry of Monitoring covers most of them. But in that illusion of ‘they will know what you think, do, day, watch etc’, people seem to miss their role in that. Obviously they know certain things, because people choose to do things online, a lot. And many of those things don’t need to be, like what you read, or watch, or think or who you talk to. Nobody forces anyone to share their personal thoughts, or read digital books, or only listen to music through an app. And some have conversations in real life, not online at all. So how could they possibly know what everyone wants, likes, feels and thinks on a daily and ongoing basis? They don’t. The simulations have been run, probability apportioned and computers pull together data based on a programmed requirement. They then analyse the data and decide the next move to push everyone, or most people towards voluntarily handing over what they want, because you believe it’s already here.
Although, I am seeing more and more people phase some things out, grow out of them and just move on. Not what the Mega Corp wants at all, how can they keep you in the system, if you don’t have any interest in contributing to it or have anything to gain from being a part of it? But growing out of things, or finding you have changed and it no longer appeals is something that happens to many people throughout their lives. And technology and the constant drive for people to be on ‘social media’ doesn’t appear to be for everyone anyway. That’s why they are trying to tie people in through finance and food. Because we aren’t interested as a whole to have every conversation, thought, idea and interest registered and recorded, for later use by something else. If we chose to do that, it is because there is a purpose, like this article, presenting your public work, to the public. No problem there. But when you are presenting the most private and personal thoughts and ideals, dreams, fears and desires, what is the purpose for that?
And this is where I realised it does serve an extra purpose to lock people down and isolate them from each other and normal functions. Because it probably pushed an awful lot of people into online for many things they wouldn’t have needed it for before. And young people being forced to learn and socialise online, reinforcing that as ‘normal’ and demonising what actually is normal. They are trying to force a square peg in a round hole, and are prepared to chop off our corners to try and make us fit. Despite the fact we are all being herded towards that hole, and it’s all getting rather backed up. They can’t adapt to our requirements as people, so try to convince us it is we that are not adapting to or accepting of their systems. Clunky, rigid systems and standards that do not allow for flair, passion, individualism, creativity and free-flowing thought.
It’s also being noticed and observed, how listening to books rather than reading them, people’s brains engage in less deliberative thinking. And I had always thought some brains aren’t geared up to just hearing disembodied words without pictures or any visuals to help them find form. But decided maybe it’s just a personal thing, and some people respond better to that, and maybe they do. But it’s simple, if you don’t want someone knowing what you read and when, then pick up a book and read at your leisure. Goodreads was a good tool to gather people’s reading history I noticed, people happily wanting to show off what they had read, or were reading, percentage by percentage. I quickly found it annoying and just ended up using it to have my books listed on my author page. As with many things over the years, they become no longer relevant, not just in society, but for you personally. And this is maybe why society struggles to make everyone fit. We aren’t all the same or going at the same pace. Even just in school, when you are the same age, you’re not the same height, or weight, or aptitude, or fitness.
But we don’t stunt the growth of other kids because a few are small do we? And we don’t make all the kids diet because a couple might be overweight do we? No. But it does seem that’s how they are trying to play it. Because they do (or have) sometimes given the whole class punishment or detention for the actions of one. Knowing it causes tension, animosity and frustration, having a rule enforced on the many for no good reason. It’s a tried and tested method. Lockdown. Knowing from those classrooms what will happen, that some will fall in line, some will rebel and mostly all will have a feeling towards it. And once that feeling has been created, whether they comply or not, it is what you run with to sow further divide and animosity. In the eventual hope that everyone will ‘fall in line’ if enough do it. Monkey see, monkey do as they say. But have we just stumbled into a rather long episode of Run Around, where although many chose the wrong circle, and are now aware of that can’t let it go and really accept it? Taking us into a drawn out Twilight Zone kind of set up, where many are now existing in Separate Realities, even more than we were before. And as many become aware of the decades of programming and deceptions, it seems it is changing the way they look at things, and rightly so. A manual adjustment has occurred to understand the new situation we now face, already mentally upgrading our own internal software to be able to recognise and deal with the current landscape. These are indeed some interesting times.
A well-known saying and usually revolving around treasure maps, or a designated point of interest. Marked with a mysterious X. Now, in these modern technological times, we have it being used as a brand and for various symbolism. A certain social media site changed its corporate name to it, and it’s mentioned here and there with projects and such.
X marks the spot – treasure maps and the location of something mysterious or of value. Like Indiana Jones finding the X in the library.
Project-X – 1987 film.
The X-Men films – mutant variations of humans
X – being one of our chromosomes. Double X specifically being for females.
X-Files – a series of strange occurrences.
X-Rays – a tool to look through objects.
Planet X – allegedly a planet that may exist but hasn’t been found.
X – denoting the roman numeral for the number ten. Also used as the X in the library as mentioned above.
As with some other wonderings, there might not be anything there to link together and is simply reaching. But the reoccurrence of seeing it, seems as though it’s a nagging thought, but one you can’t quite remember yet won’t leave you alone. Perhaps being another part of the smoke and mirrors, it seems relevant because that is its purpose. Rather than to reveal, it’s there to distract. As with much these days, but if the thought finds an avenue or a road to go down, I will follow it…
The number of Deadly Sins, and the number of days we allocate as we week in a constant cycle. But for this piece, it is about the sins and how they appear quite prevalent in today’s society and attitude in many areas of society and individuals.
Pride – they say to take pride in yourself in society, yet pride comes before a fall. And it has been noted that a whole month is now dedicated to it, nothing is usually made mainstream by accident, so I wonder.
“Pride is identified as dangerously corrupt selfishness, putting one’s own desires, urges, wants, and whims before the welfare of others. Dante’s definition of pride was “love of self-perverted to hatred and contempt for one’s neighbour”.
Greed – plenty of that to see around us. From many areas, my article Monopoly goes into that a bit more.
Lust – a rather deviant landscape is creeping in making it seem as though this one is also making its place known in society. Encouraging a longing to be indulged and amplified.
Envy – we seem to have many who covet and envy what others have. Intentionally or not, longing and wanting what others appear to have or be, isn’t healthy, or necessary.
Gluttony – overindulgence and wastefulness. There is so much it’s hard to know where to start, but opulence is rife.
Wrath – the scene has been set for the most vengeful showdown. Rage and anger being stoked where possible, harboured and nurtured. All of these ‘desires’ feed into creating a certain type of energy and have a role to play.
Sloth – there is much occurring without care or thought of responsibility or morals. And it shows, from the top down we are beholden currently to it.
It seems there is always more to see once you scratch the surface, and what type of morals and motivations are behind other people’s intentions is one you should give thought to, as well as your own…
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