15 April 2018

Sorry is not enough

The cat is out of the bag and our electronic data has been handed in. Any excuse or public apology does not cut it. Those seeking profit by handing our online behaviour might not have fully understood what this meant. But there was intention and with it there needs to be responsibility.

As Alan Watts said a long time ago, the massive use of technology is just self indulgent. It is not helping us to better live the present. Rather, it is pushing us too much in the direction of having to foresee the future.

The past can be forgotten but not relived. We are tricking ourselves to store memories that are not experiences of the past. We think we can predict the future when we know that if certain rules are followed, something can turn out in some expected ways.

What are our intentions? Are we trying to become immortal by doing the above? What will we gain if we cannot just enjoy the present as it is?

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