I saw a post today in which an interviewer on a street somewhere in the United States asked several young Americans to locate North Korea on a map that he held up for them. None of them could correctly identify it. I don’t know why but I find this very disturbing.
This site is mainly for me. I want to record observations, express my feelings, explore the reality around me, and put it into words. I do this to try to make sense of it. I’m not confused. But I do see and hear a lot of contradictions and hypocrisy. People, culture, and society have a lot of faults and imperfections. But they also have a lot of inspirational and noble elements as well. I think there is a battle taking place for the direction of humanity right now. To reduce it to a simplistic and kind of cliche term, I kind of think that humanity is trying to determine what path it will follow, whether it will continue on a dark, evil, selfish path, or, will it steer itself onto a more open, transparent path where people care for each other and become less adversarial? I think a lot rides on that question.
I’ll be writing about all kinds of topics that I think in aggregate all contribute to why things are the way they are. I hope that if I do have any readers it may open up a dialogue. I would encourage anyone who wants to do so to comment. But, please, keep it civil.
So, that’s kind of what I want to do with this website. I have been posting like this on Facebook but somehow do not feel satisfied with that experience. I don’t really like the idea of my reaching into my mind and putting into words what I am thinking about various issues and then giving it to FB to do what it will. I don’t know what FB does with information that is posted or how it determines who sees what. But, at least on this site, if there are any interested readers, it will be because they have come to it with an open mind and may also be interested in trying to make sense of what surrounds us and is presented as reality. A lot of the posts on FB, its associated sponsored pages, and its shady accounts and ad buys make it a tool for a lot of interests that have their own agenda. I don’t trust that model or forum because it really is mainly a business model and not aimed at helping to clarify truth which I think is important. So, I am breaking away from FB as a place where I express my thoughts. They will henceforth be found here. I feel liberated!
Plus, I’m interested in what I will be able to do here creatively. I am going to attempt to insert photos and graphic and maybe use other types of visuals and media to make the content more interesting and connect it to the world more. Yes, you will probably see some pictures of my dogs. They are cute and very lovable. But, hopefully I will find a way to bring other beautiful images into this too.
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