want to become a robot?
go to school, and watch tv;
there you go, you now have a human robot:
school: 5-25 years of age
media: birth to death (for everyone)
you are awash in this sea of information, of propaganda
everywhere you go, everywhere you turn
everything you see, everything you hear
it’s all been programmed for a purpose
this is a controlled society
ggw
for me, 9/11 shattered all my beliefs in the past;
this was a momentous moment, from now, a new age had begun
1) trust not your government
2) trust not your media
3) trust not the military
4) trust not money
this elaborate charade initiated the final countdown;
the path to 2012
ggw
one of the most poisonous brews around is Disinformation
this is taking the Truth, and mixing it with Lies;
the aim is to Deceive, by using the Resonance of Truth;
the Truth is the Bait, to get you to swallow the Lies
it is most insidious
it is present in the Media, as well as Alternative Culture
the Truth will Always Set you Free
ggw
chances are, whereever you are reading this, Mr Murdoch has some stake in your media business
he owns papers around the world
he owns cable tv operations around the world
now, these news rooms and channels are “on paper” independent
but the whole point of media consolidation is to reduce costs
ie reduce duplication
ie reduce the number of sources
different outlets for the same information
ggw
breads and circuses of rome, we have surpassed you
we have more breads, and more cable tv channels than you ever did
more sporting warriors and tennis wielding women than your pantheonistic dreams
more distractions than the mind can handle
more music, more magazines
more infomercials and newspaper inch columns of frothy nonsense from places half a world away
we live in a fantasy creation, of false realities
of colors, and changing lights
breads and circuses, I am hungry and ready
ggw
two traits not widely appreaciated in today’s times are character and creativity
Character has lost out in the war to Personality. The media is full of “personalities”, or faces, who can fill in air time with smooth 10 second words. It may be empty, but no-one’s really listening. Likewise, newspaper columnists take on the status of gurus, and become a caricature of their own opinions.
True character is earnt through deeds and personal reputation; a building built over a lifetime. Sadly, the transience and eternal triviality of things makes character almost an irrelevance; one can find true character in long, deeply studied biographies.
If Character may be dull, then Creativity certainly is not! an explosive, uncontrollable, unpredictable, wild, insane force, the conservatives of this world truly fear the word Creative. All the way through the work chain, from the humble, lowly, disposable worker up to supervisor and through to middle and higher management, and even into the sanctums of the boardroom, you are hired to perform a tightly defined role; no deviations please. As the corporate slogan goes, “just do it”, and do it the way it’s meant to be done; don’t you dare be different!
So Creativity dies at the age of 3, and never sees a ressurection.
ggw
Is the world getting dumber, or what?
That seems to be the prevailing notion; when it comes to education.
My own view is that it’s a side effect of the changing media landscape.
For much of last century, the mass media dictated the course of intellectual life; whether it was the front page of the newspaper, the radio headlines, or the 6 o’clock news, everyone got fed the some diet of information. There was a certain centralisation effect; everyone got pulled to the middle.
The bottom got pulled up, and a cap was placed on those at the top.
Those limitations have now been removed.
Everyone is free to be who they are; much of schooling is irrelevant as it is to today’s digital landscape.
The birds have been set free; and see where they fly.
ggw
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