Know Why

I talk a lot about capitalism and all its numerous implications, how we live in this consumer society where the acquisition of material goods stands as the number one goal.  And then you may call me a hypocrite really, because with saying all of this I reinforce this same capitalistic system day by day.  It is also me who spent 10 bucks at Starbucks today and the reason for that is simply because it is convenient. But if I were to go out of my way just so I can get a coffee from this local, independent coffee shop, also meaning I have to spend my time walking there and back - the only person who would be losing here is me. I would not be proving anything to anyone.  In fact being ‘Anti’ something is just an alternative to being ‘for’ something. It is all the same thing because it is all about communicating your identity. It is all about this individualism that we are all so willingly embracing. It is us being individuals, all so unique and different, however with ...

What if all the mind does is overthinks stuff?  What if everything we base our lives upon is just somebody's mind overthinking simple things? Because we went past that point called survival and the point of having everything in abundance on earth that the mind just didn't know what to do with itself. All those buildings, roads, cars, planes. Of course it is all the result of great technological development. But for what purpose?  On a bigger level, what is the purpose? To make our lives easier, more convenient. And what is the convenience? So we can travel greater distances and make it around faster, but what is the purpose of that? Why do we need it in the first place? Long time ago we needed to travel to find food and water, but hey most of us don't have this problem anymore. In fact we are a long way past the point where we had all the resources needed, coming to destroying them as a result of that same technological process. Going completely different way....