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Mike Kay's avatar

Isn't it true that there is more than one form of intelligence?

For instance, this modern society offers a form of intelligence. It is the intelligence of the parasite. If you are going to live here, you are a series of digital accounts, and each one nails you to the wall. You can try to not sign up, but then good luck even getting clothes or food. This way the society attaches you to the vampire network that runs you around like a fool, penalizes you eternally for your "bad" decisions, and does its level best to drive you crazy, and to make it all your fault.

Its very intelligent in devising new ways to devour you.

Yet in a greater sense, its just completely impermanent, and utterly unaware of what powers it. So in terms of this, society is the great idiot.

There is no space for any encompassing in this parasite system.

Thus one must take whatever energy and focus they have left and find it by your lonesome, and this too requires intelligence, but of a very different order.

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Ross Ion Coyle's avatar

I totally agree. I can't stand that we're all supposed to turn ourselves in ciphers, identities and profiles. It's so incredibly restrictive and crushing. I loathe the constant demand for us to define ourselves so that they can manipulate us and sell us trash. I cope as best I can by backing out as much as I can from the tech nightmare. Like you, I value time and space alone (increasingly so these days as things go from insanity to insanity!)

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Carina Malatesta's avatar

All I can think of is Syria when I see this and Hama waterwheels 💔 gone is an ancient civilization at the hands of the global elite.

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Ross Ion Coyle's avatar

What they can't have they destroy. We're ruled by barbarians.

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Ross Ion Coyle's avatar

I love waterwheels. It's incredibly sad what has happened to those poor people.

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Carina Malatesta's avatar

It is tearing my heart out, not only the people but the destruction of history (again). I do not understand this fascination with material wealth and power because life is so short and you leave as you came in, with nothing.

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Ross Ion Coyle's avatar

💯!!

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