Literally an hour after I mentioned yesterday that I had a four-day weekend ahead, Smallsteps got a fever and will likely be out of commission for the entire time. It really does feel that often enough, the world is conspiring against me having any chance to take care of myself, as every chance I take, it ends up that something happens to kill it.
Why bother?
It is kind of like when there is a little bit of extra money expected to come in and you are thinking to treat yourself and then, just as it arrives, an "unexpected" cost arises with it, soaking it up and likely extra on top. It is like the universe knows exactly what you are thinking and hoping and says,
I'll teach you a lesson for having hope.
While I don't know for sure, I am guessing that I am not the only one that has noticed this Murphy's Law affect on our lives these days and while the illness of a child might be considered random, what if the financial side is actually engineered? Would it really be so hard, considering that all of our data is completely visible to those who could engineer it? What if it is part of a broader control mechanism, one that is designed to not only keep us financially in check, but also to crush our spirit down to stop us uprising?
Look at what is happening in China at the moment in response to the protests over Covid lockdowns in the country, that is spiraling into a broader argument against centralized control. Facial recognition tracking protesters, monitoring of phone locations to uncover supporters, random checks of phone, door-knocks by police, Apple shutting down services to support the government measures... While it is easy to say "only in China" -
Is it really only in China?
With so much data being pushed through analysis, it is naïve to think that with all the incentives to use it for more control and therefore more power, that it isn't being used for that end. Yet, since we as endusers don't have access or any visibility on this, we of course have no way to actually prove it is happening, like how we have a conversation with friends and suddenly, we are getting pushed adverts on those very words. The phones aren't listening though, it is all...
Coincidence.
What a coincidence.
Is there really such a thing in human society? Or does it just appear that way because of our imperfect view of all the data? I would suggest that it is the imperfect view, as "chaos theory" doesn't have a large enough effect on our economy or legal system - it is all engineered - largely poorly.
Is there any beating it?
Or are we just beating our head against the wall?
Ready to give up?
That seems to be the approach of much of life these days in terms of governments and business. It is like a slow torture where they are looking for the equilibrium point between economic life and death, where we are not able to live well, but we are able to live enough that they can maximize their profits and power, extending their control. They don't want us to physically die of course, unless we aren't adding to their wealth.
And despite them being the ones that make the laws, they continually claim that there is nothing they can do, it is out of their hands. In Finland for example, there is not enough money to attract nurses into hospital and a severe lack of teachers, yet when it comes to buying stinger missiles for the military, they found 1.2 billion euros. This is what takes precedence in the world today and while "security" is important, it is used as a constant reasoning to spend on what doesn't actually improve our well being.
What is the point of living securely, if the rest of life is shit?
And just like when I have some time off or a little bit of extra money coming in, just as one threat subsides, another is presented to take its place to say, we again don't have the resources to improve lives. We are constantly under attack, because "defending" is such a massive money spinner for an incredibly small amount of people. And we are conditioned to believe,
This is the way it has to be.
It's for our own safety.
We can't be trusted to actually make our own decisions with how to manage our lives and values, we have to have it all dictated to us, otherwise it all falls apart. Because, if it was up to individuals, wars wouldn't happen. If it was up to individuals, wealth wouldn't collect in the hands of the few. We would still make a massive amount of errors, but they would be lower grade errors, rather than global scale systematic errors that become impossible for individuals to change.
Everyone works on incentive - even if those incentives aren't aligned with our longterm wellbeing.
Engineered into Submission
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
Benjamin Franklin once said:
This is playing out and even more so in the last few years. People are asleep, but more and more are waking up to the reality.
Your example is exactly it, no money to make people’s lives better, end poverty and homelessness, on the very same token, infinite amount of money can be donated and spent on war.
Lots of meds that cover up the symptoms while creating even more issues down the road, but never a cure.
When the majority are focused on merely surviving, it is much easier to control.
We keep giving it up though, don't we? We are undeserving.
Exactly. The same with clean anergy - it is too expensive to develop.
I watched something the other day that gives me hope on the energy front. There was someone who is going to reveal an ancient method of using energy that isn’t combustion and Mazda is investing a few million dollars in it to try and use it in its cars. I’ll find the details , I plan on posting about it one of these days!
Yowser! More bleak! More we are living in simulations! Great essay!
My first thought was that I used to love having nothing to do other than to take care of a sick child. It was easier than running around trying to get stuff done or to have an entertaining time. So perhaps you will find some much needed rest. But wasn't she just really sick, in hospital? Hopefully this is nothing as serious as that seemed to be. I'm also reminded of one of my biggest regrets as a parent: when one of my children became well again, she also become rude and demanding. I said "I liked you better when you were sick."
I got off FB when it started suggesting friends for me who were people I had nothing in common with except a few minutes together with our phones. If FB can do this, what is to stop entities who want to control us from sending us big bills just when we get on top of our finances? I don't think you are far off with the notion that we are being kept living on the edges of knives, just as we are told that we are politically 50-50 all over the world. Not possible! Contrived, managed, imposed, maneuvered, a fake reality, a simulation.
You make a great argument for anarchy in this essay - we would do better if left to ourselves. We would. We would rely more on our inner senses of good and bad, rather than to look outside ourselves for guidance. When we let others dictate our actions (and if the leftists have their way, our thoughts), we make slave systems possible. Explains a lot!
Yeah - it is a constant in our lives it seems - six years of hospital visits, illness, allergy issues - it is like we are destined to be locked inside.
:) It is funny (still not ha ha) how children behave sick and when healthy. WE are pretty lucky with Smallsteps - she is far better than most from what I understand from others.
I really do wonder about it sometimes, as it seems that coincidence can only happen so often and I am stretched to think of the times things have gone the other way.
The simulation might not be universal - it might be human.
Do you believe in determinism? Money come, money go, if it’s meant to be it’s meant to be.
Our next actions are already pre-determined based on all the environmental inputs and our individual experience, how we affect others and how others affect us. We are all one.
Including my typing this. Aren’t we in a matrix?
I believe we are all screwed, no matter what we try! :D
As said, chaos theory might apply at the universal level, but we experience the human engineered level.
I really believe that we have to make a choice. To stay within a system that controls us or make our own way and disengage.
I have made my choice already.
I hope that Smallsteps is feeling better, a fever is the bodies way of calling in healing x
I think us "disengaging" ends up being, disconnecting from each other, rather than opting-out of this cesspool that is controlled society.
I guess that depends where you are. I have a pretty close crew around me, and we are all pretty self sufficient. The goal is to drive us apart, by sticking together we can create something better. That's my thoughts anyhow xx
An extreme reality is that we also have a severe shortage of teachers here, so frankly speaking, no one wants to take up the teaching profession very easily and the funds to pay teachers are running out. But when it comes to strengthening the military, they find billions to buy weapons. Thank you for bringing up so many topics in such a beautiful way in your writing.
Endless supply of money for weapons - very limited for wellbeing.
One can only wonder how many coincidences it must take for some people to realise that Google showing us exactly what we had just said (or talked about) a few minutes ago should raise a brow.
Just because we don't actually see the flow of our personal data shouldn't mean that they are not gathered in the first place exploited for revenue sake.
And now, the government just tells us what to believe and makes us want to believe it simply because we can't manage for ourselves.
If only we have not been engineered into submission. But oh well, such is the life we live in now.
We are not that bright - we tend to say "no, I must be imagining it"
Seems it is up to us, but we give it to the authority by the election, then they lead us to wars and major poverity. This doesn't look sensible.
We choose to be slaves for sure.
I think the only way to survive Murphy's Laws is to accept them hehehe! Sometimes it seems that everything is conspiring against us and that there is an upper floor designed to put a spanner in the works to our works .. I don't know? What to do? I don't know? I try to take everything philosophically, I laugh and look for alternatives... and I don't do it because I'm a Zen philosopher heh heh, I've simply realized by now that I would spend my life making my liver explode lol!
Acceptance might be bliss, but it doesn't mean that the life we accept is acceptable. I wonder if the idea of accepting without activating, is part of the conditioning.
It could also be, let's say today's society is very conditioned and conditionable. But I'm talking about acceptance of what you can't change, it's good to concentrate your energies towards what you can manage, change and modify. There are also things in life that unfortunately must simply be accepted and knowing how to do it serenely is just as important as taking action against what is modifiable instead. Of course everything a
My humble opinion, maybe I'm wrong.
Health is said to be wealth. Going out when that little one isn't feeling well is kind of impossible more when you're the one readily available to take charge. My nephew for two weeks hasn't been too well but I'm glad when I called yesterday I was told he now eats and play around.
Children sickness seems to spread across I'm positive that small steps gets to her feet 🐾 Sooner stronger and healthier. Many government policies looks at first for the good of the masses but the end is something I don't understand.
Health is wealth - how many are healthy? How many are wealthy? Both very small numbers.
Very true in the broad sense.
Some friends have reported that ads seem to customize themselves to phone calls as well. That thing about emergencies being linked to extra money is scary... If it's extremely common, it would almost have to be automated. Could sentient AI's be put to work on that, I wonder?
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It’s that time of year for sure, my son got sick on Friday as well lol it was difficult timing too! We didn’t have anything crazy planned but it was not what we wanted to be doing. Thankfully it didn’t get a lot worse and he’s feeling better now but it still sucks.
The cog and hamster wheel feeling is definitely prevalent these days! We are just chugging along and made sure that we don’t get too far ahead or it will kick us back a few pegs. That’s also why I refuse to put any of that “smart home” horse shit in my house and when we buy a new house, whenever that is, I’m taking the fucking bullshit the fuck out! I will smash that smart thermostat and controller on the damn ground.