No, it's not the end times... we are just experiencing the democratization of knowledge combined with information overload. There's a lot of decentralization and questioning of authority happening. Nobody holds all the keys anymore. We're heading toward collectivization and away from central authority. I don't necessarily mean communism/socialism, I mean that the focus is shifting toward mass consciousness and mass movements. It's not going to be one or two famous / genius people who save the world but the efforts of millions. So the Christians have it kind of wrong. "The one" messiah is not going to show up and make it all better, it's going to be masses of humans tuning into knowledge and one another who get the ball going.
Government as we know it has obviously failed and is going through a degeneration cycle, thanks to ongoing exposure of corruption in the information age. We have corporate oligarchies taking over our major institutions (one of the negatives of collectivization), but on the other hand we have environment and social pressures pushing back at these power dynamics.
My sense is that... the vast corporate infiltration is going to serve as the framework for the future human networks that will take care of this planet. The only thing that has to shift is the fiduciary responsibility. Right now it's about making profit at all costs. If those same material networks one day focused on planetary care, human supports, and sustainable material production, we could have a real paradise. I think it's possible, but in the transition there's going to be a lot of suffering and injustice. Old power/money just has a very narrow, particular way of viewing things that it won't let go of with its iron grip, even as the planet is on fire. I think future generations bring a lot of hope, by virtue of the practical realities. It will be Christ diffused among the masses.
Maybe it's because my life is ending soon that I feel hopeful for humanity. I used to be so jaded and think we are doomed but as my heart opens and I read between the lines... I mean, look at all the rich learning that's happening right now. We are quantum leaping in our understanding of so, so many things, even compared to just 10 years ago. 500 years ago the average person was illiterate, and the average literate person had a vocabulary of 2,000 words or less. Now we have computer networks and information technology spanning the entire planet.
It's nice to see anyone becoming less jaded these days, even if it's in such profound circumstances. I really like the way you're thinking.
