THE “NEW” WAVE OF PROTESTS
SEVERAL have attempted to engage me in debate over the nature and effect(s) of the global wave of protests that seem to be attacking the heart of governance using chaos as it’s modus operandi. I say shades of Trotsky! This approach is neither new nor particularly effective, especially as it typically offers “down with the establishment” but nothing of value with which to replace other than money and/or power for the few: A story as old as humans attempting to govern — to control others. The contemporary question, it seems to me, at the heart of the matter is whether governance “for the many” or “for the few” is best, when neither is, in and of itself, better. Each works better in a different environment.
Then there’s the issue of money and power, the two great illusions; money the “Monopoly” game, quickly becoming a religion with all the usual trappings, created by humans, removing nature entirely from the human equation and elevating life itself to little more than a game with infinite “replays.” A super-natural game favoring the rich, powerful and clever in an “uber-verse,” over the reasonable and intelligent. But an even deeper question is why this “game” is so appealing to humans. I believe it has to do with our mortality. Go figure.
During the past few decades, I’ve watched another “new/old” phenomenon take root: The elevation of “business” at the expense of human service. Sadly, COVID-19 — a proverbial “shot across the bow” — didn’t wisen us, though it did continue to drive a wedge between group sales/reliance on increasing profit as the main sign of success, rather than individual service and human happiness. Does business really create happiness? Go figure, again.
In fact, I’ve recently taken to wondering if what we’re struggling with is actually shift from an unconscious baseline belief in the power of genetics to epigenetics (thank you Dr. Michael Davis, editor, colleague and friend for that insight). Call it the old fate verses freewill, though with ejpigenetics, the latter, freewill, becomes something more like a shift from individual fate to politico-social-governance fate as professed in my latest Science Futuring (SciFu) novel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor. Read it, you’ll like it. Or you may not. Either way, I predict it’ll tickle your brain into thinking some interesting thoughts or perhaps even driving you towards some otherwise unusual actions. Who knows, really? And watch out for the “enforcers.” Are they helpful or harmful “bots” in the process of life? You tell me. As for the “new” wave of protests, new, smoo — they’re only as new as history. Or prophesy It’s increasingly difficult these days to know which is which.
The Edge of Madness
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Then there’s the issue of money and power, the two great illusions; money the “Monopoly” game, quickly becoming a religion with all the usual trappings, created by humans, removing nature entirely from the human equation and elevating life itself to little more than a game with infinite “replays.” A super-natural game favoring the rich, powerful and clever in an “uber-verse,” over the reasonable and intelligent. But an even deeper question is why this “game” is so appealing to humans. I believe it has to do with our mortality. Go figure.
During the past few decades, I’ve watched another “new/old” phenomenon take root: The elevation of “business” at the expense of human service. Sadly, COVID-19 — a proverbial “shot across the bow” — didn’t wisen us, though it did continue to drive a wedge between group sales/reliance on increasing profit as the main sign of success, rather than individual service and human happiness. Does business really create happiness? Go figure, again.
In fact, I’ve recently taken to wondering if what we’re struggling with is actually shift from an unconscious baseline belief in the power of genetics to epigenetics (thank you Dr. Michael Davis, editor, colleague and friend for that insight). Call it the old fate verses freewill, though with ejpigenetics, the latter, freewill, becomes something more like a shift from individual fate to politico-social-governance fate as professed in my latest Science Futuring (SciFu) novel, THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor. Read it, you’ll like it. Or you may not. Either way, I predict it’ll tickle your brain into thinking some interesting thoughts or perhaps even driving you towards some otherwise unusual actions. Who knows, really? And watch out for the “enforcers.” Are they helpful or harmful “bots” in the process of life? You tell me. As for the “new” wave of protests, new, smoo — they’re only as new as history. Or prophesy It’s increasingly difficult these days to know which is which.
The Edge of Madness
#RaymondGaynor #TheEdgeOfMadness #protest #chaos #Trotsky #prophecy #fate #FreeWill #epigenetics #business #money #power #governing #COVID #happiness #ScienceFiction #SciFu #SciFi #monopoly #profit #book #ebook #audiobook
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