As I have spent an inordinate amount of time living in this artificial culture, and continue to do so, I have developed a uniquely cynical, but relatively happy, perspective. However, it gets old seeing sociopaths being rewarded. It gets old dealing with bureaucracy. It gets old seeing most people disconnected from nature and from each other while thinking they are super-meta-connected. It gets old feeling disconnected from nature and people, not because I feel disconnected, but because many people seem to prefer having 4 billion acquaintances as opposed to deeper connections. Maybe it's all we can do to manage. The internet is something of a paradox.
I believe that most people (in American culture, at least) are overwhelmed and don't even realize it. So very, very busy ... jumping out of planes, going to wine and paint classes, attending recitals, consuming, prioritizing, multitasking, uberizing, utilizing. Pushing the real things to the back for a later time. Humans doing, doing, doing. Don't slow down to think. What might you conceive of if you did?
Here I'll share my views on fear, death, fear of death, music, religion, collapse of industrialized civilization, kittens, Aspergers, etc., in this virtual forum. You are welcome to disagree with me in the comments, but abuse is unacceptable. I'm purposely leaving the term "abuse" wide open so that I may bend and flex it to my will and whim. It's my blog, after all. As that guy in that band sang, "If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down."
In fact, it's highly unlikely that a second post will ever come to pass. Then again, I might post another one in an hour. C'est la vie!
