I like to attack you with some religious blah blah from time to time, so I’ll do it again :D
lol - fair enough!
In the world we live in, do you think people are abiding by that? Seems to me, people want to be ruled and have law imposed upon them - perhaps that way, they don't have to decide what is "right" for themselves.
I think so. It's easier to let other decide for you, at least that is what we as a society have been formed to. The whole covid situation is the best example that for half or more than half of the Europen societies there's probably no limit as to how far they can go in letting the state take responsibility over their lives.
Going back to your post, you mentioned that today we live in a world which tries to make us believe we can do anything. And I think that the last few decades did a lot of good in that matter, and I know that my possibilities in various areas are much better than possibilities of my parents and their parents. At the same time it's funny that in a world where you can do anything and become anyone, what we see is a mass uniformization of everything and everyone, and almost half of the kids would like to become YouTubers in the future. That's quite nothing for everything.
You touch on so many things here that run through my mind far too often and the one that worries me perhaps the most is,
This homogenization of thought and culture lowers our resistance to broad control, which is why I think this happens to a large degree:
This is being lost on many and instead of taking hold of the opportunities we have, we complain about the opportunities we don't and how unfair it is.
I believe I am somewhat younger than you (I am mid 20s) and I think a large part of my generation are people that are mentally very weak and unable to endure the hardships of life.
And no surprise, the mainstream culture constantly feeds us with a vision of a world where everything is better. I'm not saying that the world shown in mass media is perfect and without problems—contrary, it's a world that is very much troubled, but filled with superheroes who have to save it time and time again, and everyone has such a special role in this grand scenario... So people live their normal lives feeling it is demeaning, and they start to look for ways to add some meaning... Maybe become yet another activist? Or start shitstorming in the Internet? Or maybe start going after those pesky anti-vaxxers who destroy our society, or find those freaking fascists who would like to be able to take care of their families without the state interfering (sic!).
There's much less films, series, books and shows about how important it is to take care of the world around you, your family and close neighbors, and stop trying to save the entire world all the time.
Opportunities are everywhere, we just have been taught not to take advantage of them.
I have almost two decades on you :)
Yes and people feel that they should too, so dive into something that gives them meaning
And this is where it ends up - much like a religion would have provided in the past, all of these causes or consumer activities give people a sense of accomplishment that is meeting something outside of themselves. Being "part" of the world, while not actually doing much of use at all.
I actually think this is where the crypto economy is going to start to fill a gap, as it will incentivize not just global activity for reward, but serving locally for win-win scenarios.
Agree, although I think we are yet to see major implementation of blockchain into local communities. Although I know there are already some projects with city-tokens in the USA etc.
But also Hive is the best example that the normal life can be valuable and exciting too – here on Hive we have people simply sharing their lives and being rewarded for it! Let's see more of that :)