Greetings good citizen, let me be the first to side with the majority of the writing community and opine there is no such place, kind of like Heaven where all but the simplest of us have difficulty imagining. [I know I can't! Not even a tiny bit!]
Here's a cute question: how many of you imagine being RICH in Heaven? [Even death doesn't cure STUPID!] How many of you fancy the idea you'll have 'servants' in Heaven?
Okay, how many of you think Heaven is roughly equivalent to being lobotomized?
So we return to A Perfect World where the wildcard is 'Perfect for who?'
Do you really want to go there? Sorry, I don't read minds...I have no way of knowing what YOUR 'Perfect World' would be like, the only thing I think I'd be able to nail is there aren't any mosquitoes there...
After that we run the gamut of it being perpetually 'your favorite season', it always being the weekend (despite that 'getting old' a lot quicker than you'd think) and an endless parade of eye candy taunting you from dusk 'til dawn.
Well, last time I checked there weren't any individual planets we could craft to our individual tastes despite there being no shortage of individuals who are convinced they 'own' this planet and screw what you think!
[Sort of begs the question of what if this place exists to 'teach us how to share?']
Don't laugh! I'd be the first to mark that one down as an epic fail but, ironically, the current spike in selfishness is due to overpopulation and the resultant 'navel gazing' of trying to escape a world that doesn't need you breeds.
It's a fact that people 'make you crazy' [largely because they are 'annoyingly self-absorbed'] but a, er, 'insufficient' amount of human interaction results in serious mental instability...which indicates the 'world of I' isn't the 'sanctuary' you'd hope it would be.
You have to be real comfortable in your own skin to withstand long periods of isolation and even then spending long periods of time with just your thoughts will make you appear 'strange' to those that have remained immersed in mainstream, er, 'mind-pollution'.
Meaning YOU will have had time to ponder things that NEVER OCCUR to those trying to keep up with the piles of garbage slung in their direction every minute of every day.
Like I pointed out yesterday, your mind filters EVERYTHING it receives, seeking 'useful information' (often survival related.) This is a 'throwback' to ancient times when we were genetically coded to recognize anything that even resembled a 'face' because that's the part that was going to EAT you!
But you get the idea...this is what they're referring to when people say they need to 'decompress'.
But I digress...
What would a 'Perfect SHARED World' look like?
Interesting question because the slightest advantage is leveraged into making the world more 'becoming/hospitable' to the wielder of that 'advantage'. Not about 'sharing' at all. SO we take ANOTHER 'step back and try to imagine a quiet place nobody already holds sway over.
But we'd be doing it wrong. You're not going to learn how to share by being satisfied with a tiny slice of someone else's pie! You want YOUR SHARE...NOW!
Now there's a contradiction I'll bet you didn't see coming? How do we share without sharing?
The fundamental concept of sharing is compromise...it's not all me and screw you! we agree to put up with a certain amount of not getting things the way we would prefer them so the other guy will allow you to have things 'more or less the way you like.
Um, this is the sticky business of 'division' and the media campaign to convince you that you are unique and deserve your own space [to do whatever you want, emphasis on 'whatever'!] in a world unable to accommodate such 'luxury' [if you don't own it...]
So, yeah...in a ''finite world' we all at least want our 'share', problem is nobody KNOWS what that is! Sure we have computers that could figure out how much, er, 'space' each of us is, er, 'entitled' to but it's the 'quality of that space' that would sow the seeds of contention as well as accusations of 'unfairness'.
So, are we 'doomed'? It's never going to get 'better than this?'
Wait a minute...if we shrug and say what are you gonna do? We've failed before we've even begun!
The KEY to building a world, er, [word doesn't exist so I have to use two] 'accommodating/accepting' of everyone's RIGHTS, (yup, the key lies in conception!) Is creating a playing field that is 'truly level'.
Impossible you say...you aren't thinking outside the box!
Where would YOU begin? [I know, stupid question. If it were up to YOU we'd be 'stacking the deck' in your favor!] So let's assume it ISN'T 'up to you' and we're crafting a deal you'd have to 'live with' too.
Wouldn't you want to have the 'same rights as everybody else?'
Despite 'lip service' to the contrary, that is NOT the case today!
But you don't need me to tell you that. We all want the problem to be fixed but we don't agree on how to do it...which is a media born lie [if we discount the 'misgivings of the terminally stupid' who won't ever get off the dime they don't even know they're standing on!
Which is to say some people will have matters decided 'for them' because they can't grasp what is at stake.
If your objection to Justice and equality starts with 'I don't know' then you're right! Step aside and let those who do move forward.
Short of everybody getting their own planet (or a lobotomy) Leveling the playing field is the single most important factor towards creating 'A Perfect (shareable) World.
Thank you for letting me inside your head. This was pretty simple stuff, you'd think nothin would happen but it looks like a bomb went off in here! Sorry about the mess...take two Quaaludes and come back tomorrow.
Gegner
Here's a cute question: how many of you imagine being RICH in Heaven? [Even death doesn't cure STUPID!] How many of you fancy the idea you'll have 'servants' in Heaven?
Okay, how many of you think Heaven is roughly equivalent to being lobotomized?
So we return to A Perfect World where the wildcard is 'Perfect for who?'
Do you really want to go there? Sorry, I don't read minds...I have no way of knowing what YOUR 'Perfect World' would be like, the only thing I think I'd be able to nail is there aren't any mosquitoes there...
After that we run the gamut of it being perpetually 'your favorite season', it always being the weekend (despite that 'getting old' a lot quicker than you'd think) and an endless parade of eye candy taunting you from dusk 'til dawn.
Well, last time I checked there weren't any individual planets we could craft to our individual tastes despite there being no shortage of individuals who are convinced they 'own' this planet and screw what you think!
[Sort of begs the question of what if this place exists to 'teach us how to share?']
Don't laugh! I'd be the first to mark that one down as an epic fail but, ironically, the current spike in selfishness is due to overpopulation and the resultant 'navel gazing' of trying to escape a world that doesn't need you breeds.
It's a fact that people 'make you crazy' [largely because they are 'annoyingly self-absorbed'] but a, er, 'insufficient' amount of human interaction results in serious mental instability...which indicates the 'world of I' isn't the 'sanctuary' you'd hope it would be.
You have to be real comfortable in your own skin to withstand long periods of isolation and even then spending long periods of time with just your thoughts will make you appear 'strange' to those that have remained immersed in mainstream, er, 'mind-pollution'.
Meaning YOU will have had time to ponder things that NEVER OCCUR to those trying to keep up with the piles of garbage slung in their direction every minute of every day.
Like I pointed out yesterday, your mind filters EVERYTHING it receives, seeking 'useful information' (often survival related.) This is a 'throwback' to ancient times when we were genetically coded to recognize anything that even resembled a 'face' because that's the part that was going to EAT you!
But you get the idea...this is what they're referring to when people say they need to 'decompress'.
But I digress...
What would a 'Perfect SHARED World' look like?
Interesting question because the slightest advantage is leveraged into making the world more 'becoming/hospitable' to the wielder of that 'advantage'. Not about 'sharing' at all. SO we take ANOTHER 'step back and try to imagine a quiet place nobody already holds sway over.
But we'd be doing it wrong. You're not going to learn how to share by being satisfied with a tiny slice of someone else's pie! You want YOUR SHARE...NOW!
Now there's a contradiction I'll bet you didn't see coming? How do we share without sharing?
The fundamental concept of sharing is compromise...it's not all me and screw you! we agree to put up with a certain amount of not getting things the way we would prefer them so the other guy will allow you to have things 'more or less the way you like.
Um, this is the sticky business of 'division' and the media campaign to convince you that you are unique and deserve your own space [to do whatever you want, emphasis on 'whatever'!] in a world unable to accommodate such 'luxury' [if you don't own it...]
So, yeah...in a ''finite world' we all at least want our 'share', problem is nobody KNOWS what that is! Sure we have computers that could figure out how much, er, 'space' each of us is, er, 'entitled' to but it's the 'quality of that space' that would sow the seeds of contention as well as accusations of 'unfairness'.
So, are we 'doomed'? It's never going to get 'better than this?'
Wait a minute...if we shrug and say what are you gonna do? We've failed before we've even begun!
The KEY to building a world, er, [word doesn't exist so I have to use two] 'accommodating/accepting' of everyone's RIGHTS, (yup, the key lies in conception!) Is creating a playing field that is 'truly level'.
Impossible you say...you aren't thinking outside the box!
Where would YOU begin? [I know, stupid question. If it were up to YOU we'd be 'stacking the deck' in your favor!] So let's assume it ISN'T 'up to you' and we're crafting a deal you'd have to 'live with' too.
Wouldn't you want to have the 'same rights as everybody else?'
Despite 'lip service' to the contrary, that is NOT the case today!
But you don't need me to tell you that. We all want the problem to be fixed but we don't agree on how to do it...which is a media born lie [if we discount the 'misgivings of the terminally stupid' who won't ever get off the dime they don't even know they're standing on!
Which is to say some people will have matters decided 'for them' because they can't grasp what is at stake.
If your objection to Justice and equality starts with 'I don't know' then you're right! Step aside and let those who do move forward.
Short of everybody getting their own planet (or a lobotomy) Leveling the playing field is the single most important factor towards creating 'A Perfect (shareable) World.
Thank you for letting me inside your head. This was pretty simple stuff, you'd think nothin would happen but it looks like a bomb went off in here! Sorry about the mess...take two Quaaludes and come back tomorrow.
Gegner
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