Maybe there is something to the saying "ignorance is bliss".
He who does not care about the doomsday scenarios and the eternally conjured up apocalyptic horsemen, but spends his ordinary life apart from these incantations, may be a blessed one.
I assumed that my complete renunciation of mass media would compensate somewhat or keep me in the least away from the events of any agitated happenings.
I guess there would have had to be a few more (many more!) of the teetotal variety for it to carry any weight. Not even sure if informing myself about alternative media will do it. The same dark riders are on the horizon there. Maybe I should only read jokes or let laughable things get to me.
Who joins in? The "we'll see" attitude would actually be my favourite, but that also requires the many who also want such things. But the drama is always booming somehow.
I agree with you insofar as intelligence does not seem to be the decisive argument.
The voices that say you have to renounce all media and scrap your mobile phone are probably right. A pious wish, isn't it?
The only thing left to do is to resign oneself to one's own demise and welcome the Grim Reaper, a life without guarantees. I have nothing against that in principle, but it's stupid when you're excluded from the community and live on anyway.... a dilemma. Time will tell.
Anyway, I salute you and may the Force be with you :)
This was never an intelligence issue. This is a trust issue. By design and evolution, most humans will believe what they are told by the people closest to them. This is an imperative survival tactic that has been hacked and exploited by the current regime. This entire issue has been politicized into a very effective divide and conquer tactic.
Consider for a moment that the only reason you find yourself in your current position is by way of pure chance. If every single person you trusted was spinning another story this whole simulation could have played out quite differently. Most people are trusting followers by design. It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
Or even in the middle ground, delegate too much authority to some trusted people without a healthy balance of exercising their own thinking and discernment.
All fair points. Though still, is it not a question of intelligence to blindly trust people rather than investing the time in digging for a full spectrum of perspectives and using your capacities for deriving conclusions based on a balance of trust and one innate’s guidance reinforced through what’s found in unbiased due diligence of one’s own?
Maybe there is something to the saying "ignorance is bliss".
He who does not care about the doomsday scenarios and the eternally conjured up apocalyptic horsemen, but spends his ordinary life apart from these incantations, may be a blessed one.
I assumed that my complete renunciation of mass media would compensate somewhat or keep me in the least away from the events of any agitated happenings.
I guess there would have had to be a few more (many more!) of the teetotal variety for it to carry any weight. Not even sure if informing myself about alternative media will do it. The same dark riders are on the horizon there. Maybe I should only read jokes or let laughable things get to me.
Who joins in? The "we'll see" attitude would actually be my favourite, but that also requires the many who also want such things. But the drama is always booming somehow.
I agree with you insofar as intelligence does not seem to be the decisive argument.
The voices that say you have to renounce all media and scrap your mobile phone are probably right. A pious wish, isn't it?
The only thing left to do is to resign oneself to one's own demise and welcome the Grim Reaper, a life without guarantees. I have nothing against that in principle, but it's stupid when you're excluded from the community and live on anyway.... a dilemma. Time will tell.
Anyway, I salute you and may the Force be with you :)
At least it's easier to be smart now, all you have to do is not be as thick as pigshit...
This was never an intelligence issue. This is a trust issue. By design and evolution, most humans will believe what they are told by the people closest to them. This is an imperative survival tactic that has been hacked and exploited by the current regime. This entire issue has been politicized into a very effective divide and conquer tactic.
Consider for a moment that the only reason you find yourself in your current position is by way of pure chance. If every single person you trusted was spinning another story this whole simulation could have played out quite differently. Most people are trusting followers by design. It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
No it isn't - morons believe whatever shit they are told... that is an intelligence issue.
Or even in the middle ground, delegate too much authority to some trusted people without a healthy balance of exercising their own thinking and discernment.
All fair points. Though still, is it not a question of intelligence to blindly trust people rather than investing the time in digging for a full spectrum of perspectives and using your capacities for deriving conclusions based on a balance of trust and one innate’s guidance reinforced through what’s found in unbiased due diligence of one’s own?
PS. If you start using the #proofofbrain tag I can throw more money at you!
https://www.proofofbrain.io/proofofbrain/@frot/proof-of-brain-is-exceeding-my-wildest-expectdons
Word. I’ll do my best to remember and execute upon this fantabulous recommendation. 🍻
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