Agreed. At base, I think, are the three groups identified by Mattias Desmet in his description of Mass Formation; 30% hypnotized, 60% "go along to get along", and only 10% actively questioning. Here's how I describe it:
All the world IS a stage. We The People watch as politicians, media figures, self-proclaimed authorities, and other…
Agreed. At base, I think, are the three groups identified by Mattias Desmet in his description of Mass Formation; 30% hypnotized, 60% "go along to get along", and only 10% actively questioning. Here's how I describe it:
All the world IS a stage. We The People watch as politicians, media figures, self-proclaimed authorities, and other “leaders” prance around the stage, painting a picture of “the truth”. The passive audience, wanting to trust, accepts that truth. The Surface Truth. All is well.
A few brave souls from the audience (maybe 10%) venture back behind the curtain and into the wings. They find science fiction and fantasy writers feeding lines to the actors. They find technologists, billionaires, and lawyers huddled in every dressing room, installing dystopia ... i.e., engineering the Deep Truth. All is NOT well.
The audience ignores the returning brave souls. About 30% are hypnotized by the actors’ words. The rest prefer to check messages in their seats rather than venture backstage. There’s comfort in those familiar habits and routines.
We The Skeptical, the brave souls, see an urgent need for intervention. The urgency is told in the difference between Surface Truth and Deep Truth. It is large and still growing. The 30% hypnotized at the foot of the stage reject logic out of hand and are lost. The others are mostly fearful and distracted. It takes noise to raise the heads of the distracted. Let the real noise begin.
Agreed. At base, I think, are the three groups identified by Mattias Desmet in his description of Mass Formation; 30% hypnotized, 60% "go along to get along", and only 10% actively questioning. Here's how I describe it:
All the world IS a stage. We The People watch as politicians, media figures, self-proclaimed authorities, and other “leaders” prance around the stage, painting a picture of “the truth”. The passive audience, wanting to trust, accepts that truth. The Surface Truth. All is well.
A few brave souls from the audience (maybe 10%) venture back behind the curtain and into the wings. They find science fiction and fantasy writers feeding lines to the actors. They find technologists, billionaires, and lawyers huddled in every dressing room, installing dystopia ... i.e., engineering the Deep Truth. All is NOT well.
The audience ignores the returning brave souls. About 30% are hypnotized by the actors’ words. The rest prefer to check messages in their seats rather than venture backstage. There’s comfort in those familiar habits and routines.
We The Skeptical, the brave souls, see an urgent need for intervention. The urgency is told in the difference between Surface Truth and Deep Truth. It is large and still growing. The 30% hypnotized at the foot of the stage reject logic out of hand and are lost. The others are mostly fearful and distracted. It takes noise to raise the heads of the distracted. Let the real noise begin.