To some degree, all of us like to be fooled. We watch reality TV knowing that it's not real, we succumb to unbelievable advertising and we ignore our instincts when we suspect lying from friends, family, or co-workers.
Do we want to know who/what is authentic or are we happy in the "duh" zone?
Recent news events are making many of us confront authenticity. Government, military, police are in place to protect and support citizens and yet, we are questioning all of them. Because of today's media speed, we have scant time to ponder and process the facts surrounding events. Our "gut checks" are weakened as reaction times have been cut to seconds. Taking to social media for our immediate responses can cause a landslide of emotional tirades which further adds to the drama of a situation...either nationally, locally, or personally.
Mankind isn't evolving fast enough to handle this onslaught of real time reaction. Not only are more of us succumbing to the "duh" zone because of necessity, we are going there to hide. Our coping mechanisms are out of control as we self medicate with the nonsense of modern society...drugs, alcohol, social media, a smorgasbord of bad habits that threaten our mental and physical stability.
Life's conveniences have become life's prisons.
Were I not a student of history, I would predict our downfall. But I am. And I realize that all generations past, present, and future confront the dilemmas of progress. I am hopeful that my own and that of my children will concentrate more on "how to cope" rather than "halt the process." It is the denial of change rather than the embrace that makes for wars within ourselves and within our world.
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