Greetings good citizen, Ready or not, here comes the future!
Parts of it you aren't going to like and other parts you're going to love (because the wheel of fate occasionally deals each of us a winner every once in a while, even if we don't realize it at the time.)
It's those tiny rays of happiness that keep us hanging on for more.
Largely ignored is the 'existential question' which nobody can definitively explain...and worse, it is this line of thinking that leads inevitably to the justification of 'omnipotence'.
[Argument: since an obvious reason isn't apparent, we must exist as 'the agent's' of some higher form of life/? that we can only sense but not interact with.] [Secondary argument: Since this 'entity' is so far ahead of us on the evolutionary scale, we can't even begin to understand why it created us...]
This is a total load of manure but many believe [because they've been told from birth of the imaginary exploits of this entity that nobody has ever seen or heard...(outside their own head.)]
Perhaps the most fatuous attribute bestowed on our imaginary overlord is how 'he/she/it' Loves us.
Take a good look at your life good citizen and wonder if you'd wish any part of this existence upon your worst enemy?
If this is 'love' I don't think any of us are prepared to deal with this supreme being's hatred!
But, like I said, he/she/it is imaginary...
What do phantoms have to do with the future you might ask?
Remember yesterday when we speculated on why these technological leaps, these mini-renaisances, only come in sporadic bursts? Well, our self-professed betters [after they get what they want] often use the 'it displeases God' factor to slam on the brakes so they can milk the latest round of developments to the fullest.
Like Time and Money, God is a 'human construct'. Just another tool the initiated use to keep the 'superstitious' among us 'in line'.
Once you're aware of this it's surprising how frequently this 'hammer' gets pulled out and wielded.
No irony should be lost on the fact that many today believe [just as our ancestors did] that we are living in the 'endtimes'.
It's not humorous at all that every, er, civilization, bar none, has an 'end times' prophecy. Even the 'flash in the pan' civilizations that failed see their own demise coming foresaw the end of the world...
Sadly for the devout, this common thread only serves as further proof that this whole 'spirit in the sky' thing is nothing more than a tool designed to trump common sense for the benefit of the few. [Remember your history, ALL Monarchies, bar none, claimed they were 'god's chosen'.]
So as we roll into an increasingly god-less future, we can only wonder what new tool they will pull out of their bag of tricks to keep the rest of us 'in check'?
[Remember, the other 'justification' for staggering opulance has again been laid at the feet of the 'inexplicable' and brushed off as 'God's Will'.] When the beneficiary KNOWS this was definitly not the case, they stole it 'fair and square'.
This time they seem content to let God slip under the waves of uselessness because they finally have what God used to provide for them. God allegedly knew your every thought and deed, with modern surveilance they too are 'god-like'. The one thing the human created entity fell short on consistently were 'miracles'. For every 'just in the nick of time' rescue there were thousands of incidents that ended in tragedy, 'luck/chance' being what it is.
Um, back to those 'endtimes' and the, again, universal 'happy ending' every one of them promises.
Rationally speaking, if you're waiting for 'god' to come save us, you'd better not hold your breath. The only factor still in play as far as the future is concerned is LUCK/CHANCE.
Will the tyrants, through their lack of vision and ham-handed mismanagement have brought about their own downfall and will their incompetence destroy life as we have come to know it?
As far as predictions go good citizen, this is an outcome we will witness before the end of the decade.
Gegner predicts [although in all fairness I have been off wildly on this score more than once...only cementing my belief that the 'data massaging' is much deeper than anyone suspects.
Life's about people, not numbers. If the end result is off one way or the other it doesn't matter. The goal [should be] survival of the species and the greatest good that can be achieved.
Have we equipped our children with the tools they need to succeed where we failed?
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
Parts of it you aren't going to like and other parts you're going to love (because the wheel of fate occasionally deals each of us a winner every once in a while, even if we don't realize it at the time.)
It's those tiny rays of happiness that keep us hanging on for more.
Largely ignored is the 'existential question' which nobody can definitively explain...and worse, it is this line of thinking that leads inevitably to the justification of 'omnipotence'.
[Argument: since an obvious reason isn't apparent, we must exist as 'the agent's' of some higher form of life/? that we can only sense but not interact with.] [Secondary argument: Since this 'entity' is so far ahead of us on the evolutionary scale, we can't even begin to understand why it created us...]
This is a total load of manure but many believe [because they've been told from birth of the imaginary exploits of this entity that nobody has ever seen or heard...(outside their own head.)]
Perhaps the most fatuous attribute bestowed on our imaginary overlord is how 'he/she/it' Loves us.
Take a good look at your life good citizen and wonder if you'd wish any part of this existence upon your worst enemy?
If this is 'love' I don't think any of us are prepared to deal with this supreme being's hatred!
But, like I said, he/she/it is imaginary...
What do phantoms have to do with the future you might ask?
Remember yesterday when we speculated on why these technological leaps, these mini-renaisances, only come in sporadic bursts? Well, our self-professed betters [after they get what they want] often use the 'it displeases God' factor to slam on the brakes so they can milk the latest round of developments to the fullest.
Like Time and Money, God is a 'human construct'. Just another tool the initiated use to keep the 'superstitious' among us 'in line'.
Once you're aware of this it's surprising how frequently this 'hammer' gets pulled out and wielded.
No irony should be lost on the fact that many today believe [just as our ancestors did] that we are living in the 'endtimes'.
It's not humorous at all that every, er, civilization, bar none, has an 'end times' prophecy. Even the 'flash in the pan' civilizations that failed see their own demise coming foresaw the end of the world...
Sadly for the devout, this common thread only serves as further proof that this whole 'spirit in the sky' thing is nothing more than a tool designed to trump common sense for the benefit of the few. [Remember your history, ALL Monarchies, bar none, claimed they were 'god's chosen'.]
So as we roll into an increasingly god-less future, we can only wonder what new tool they will pull out of their bag of tricks to keep the rest of us 'in check'?
[Remember, the other 'justification' for staggering opulance has again been laid at the feet of the 'inexplicable' and brushed off as 'God's Will'.] When the beneficiary KNOWS this was definitly not the case, they stole it 'fair and square'.
This time they seem content to let God slip under the waves of uselessness because they finally have what God used to provide for them. God allegedly knew your every thought and deed, with modern surveilance they too are 'god-like'. The one thing the human created entity fell short on consistently were 'miracles'. For every 'just in the nick of time' rescue there were thousands of incidents that ended in tragedy, 'luck/chance' being what it is.
Um, back to those 'endtimes' and the, again, universal 'happy ending' every one of them promises.
Rationally speaking, if you're waiting for 'god' to come save us, you'd better not hold your breath. The only factor still in play as far as the future is concerned is LUCK/CHANCE.
Will the tyrants, through their lack of vision and ham-handed mismanagement have brought about their own downfall and will their incompetence destroy life as we have come to know it?
As far as predictions go good citizen, this is an outcome we will witness before the end of the decade.
Gegner predicts [although in all fairness I have been off wildly on this score more than once...only cementing my belief that the 'data massaging' is much deeper than anyone suspects.
Life's about people, not numbers. If the end result is off one way or the other it doesn't matter. The goal [should be] survival of the species and the greatest good that can be achieved.
Have we equipped our children with the tools they need to succeed where we failed?
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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