La Jolla, CA
March 7, 2017
by Rich Scheck
We live in a Huxwellian World: there is virtually no privacy as predicted by Orwell’s 1984
while our lives are greatly influenced by the lure of hedonism as predicted by Huxley in his
Brave New World.
It is not only presidents and other officials who are subject to scrutiny. In today’s world, all
of us are being watched: http://www.infowars.com/judge-investigation-into-obama-spying-on-trump-would-reveal-mass-surveillance-of-all-americans/
Modernity is dominated by the impact of technology which is increasingly weaponized by
governments in the name of security as we see with the newest WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA and Vault 7: https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=67872
We are no longer in Kansas, Toto! In fact we are no longer in the USA as we once knew it.
The world has been transformed in ways few of us understand and many of us are having a
hard time accepting. When our phones, TVs and cars can be readily bugged by the government or hackers, our privacy has been eroded and our lives will never be the same.
Much of the turmoil erupting around the planet has to do with the dramatic changes caused by technology which affects all cultures, political systems, religions and economic arrangements that have been in charge of running things.
Attempting to place blame on who is at fault for which transgression will only take us so far in dealing with the enormity of the problems generated from this phenomenon. All major institutions are “at fault” to the extent they have not been able to get out in front of these developments, an almost impossible task. Similarly, many feel the need to cover-up the sad reality of their mistakes.
Continuing exposure of these endless scandals will lay the foundation for us finally moving
forward and confronting the social, political and moral consequences of this process. The
quicker we do that, the faster we can provide some sense of stability to the brave…….or not so brave………..new world we have set in motion by our ingenuity.
Elon Musk may be able to take us to the Moon in a few years. The deeper, more challenging question for him and his technologically adept brothers is: what kind of world will we create for the generations to come?
Dystopian portrayals like The Hunger Games, Blade Runner and Rollerball already abound. We need a more positive vision of the future where love and beauty triumph……such as in Avatar. http://revolutionradio.org/?p=164442
The Vault 7 disclosures are another invitation for us to awaken from our complacency and move forward boldly into an uncertain future. http://revolutionradio.org/?p=164524