Inspire the Movement

This is a call to arms, an open invitation, a plea. The world needs you. It needs all of us, to act upon the mind's desire. It needs us to be free. The ease at which we live in a technologically advanced society has allowed us to become relaxed. We do not fight for our survival. Food and shelter are now catered to us as basic standards of living, making things like social entertainment one of our top priorities. Money is now at the center of our thought process for almost every life decision. Money is. Something that we made up. People hold this portrayal of an imaginary value so highly that lives are ended over it. Countless lives. Entire wars are waged in the name of the money god. The hierarchy of wealth and power has given birth to a people who destroy anything to quench their thirst for more of the same; wealth and power. Somewhere along the line human beings became disconnected from the natural order of things. Generally speaking, we do not think of ourselves as animals. We have lost touch with our biology to the point that we are convinced that the world and everything in it is here to serve us.

Every single bit of knowledge that we have was hard earned. Every revolution to date, be it political or ideological, was a right of passage for mankind. It took billions of years for life on Earth to evolve a mind that can even come up with such abstract thoughts as money. Now here we stand in the age of communication, sometime just after a technological revolution. It has never been easier for these minds to be heard. The species that incorporates this technology into its existence, while very old, is still adolescent. We still have primal instincts. The interconnection that we have gained is a toy to us, and this toy is the one thing that could be used as the most powerful tool to ever exist. Before the age of communication Democracy showed the world the most effective way for government to represent the desires of it's people, but now it is time for people to show the world that we can finally be our own masters.

No matter what that means to you, it is more important than you could ever imagine. This is the only world that we have got, and when you're done with it, you're children will take over where you left off. The land, the air, the governments, the knowledge, the experience of life and culture and love and laughter and every single complex human emotion and the most basic animal urges we all have... happen right here. We have seen the worst, most destructive things that man has to offer, and we have seen the most suppressive, dictatorial leaderships that have abused their power. We yearn to be free. Truly free. The way that we were when we were wild. We can have society and freedom too. We have always been more powerful than the establishment, that's why we're called the majority. And now we have the ability to communicate and spread the ideas that will make it all possible.

Let us remember that we are animals. Animals that are smarter everyday than we were the day before. It is no wonder that we have become disconnected from our roots. We really are the most special and cogent animal of them all. So, we are in this alone. Only humans can do it. We can create a world that is equal, and just. Go spread the word. Whatever you think that word should be. Start a blog. I am begging you. Make a film. Tweet about it. Share links, pictures, and articles. Use your voice and help to create the most powerful force that has ever been known, yet that has been here all along. Us.

Do not just question Authority, question everything.

An introduction

In short, some time ago a study was done over a group of primates living on a Japanese island where one said primate was taught to wash sweet potatoes before it ate them to improve its taste. Soon this behavior was observed and learned by another monkey. Now with two of them using this process it had twice the observational power. Two more monkeys learned to wash the potatoes. Then four, eight, sixteen, and so on until a critical number was reached, allegedly around one hundred, then suddenly the rate of growth was so great that virtually all of the monkeys on the island were washing their potatoes before they ate them. Interesting enough. But the true value of that story is almost poetic. It is an incredible testimonial for the power of exponential growth.

Whether we like it or not, we the people have inherited quite a heavy work load. As cliche as it may be, "With great power comes great responsibility." and perhaps one of the most powerful and unstable forces known to modern man is the current status of technological advancement in communication and global connectivity. Our responsibility then, is to use that power wisely. All of us twenty-something-year-olds are like the graduating class of Facebook high. The age of communication is upon us, and it is such a beautifully unique time to live in. Ideas can grow and spread faster than ever before. Cell phones and the internet gave birth to this massive wave of chatter, and it only seems to be getting larger. And faster.

Anyone, from the typical stoner-conspiracy theorist to world renowned members of the science community, are weary of human life as we know it coming to an end. I'm not talking about December 21, 2012 or any other mistranslated doomsday prophecy, but rather a self-destruction of sorts. Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, Marxism and any other economic or political idelism all have one big flaw in common. None of them acknowledge the fact that our Earthly resources are finite, or not unlimited. We live in a system that relies on constant growth. I am fairly confident that I could explain our current monetary system to my six year old nephew and he would know how bogus it is. There is a reason so many people are getting involved in the Occupy Movement. Corruption is visible all around us and the separation of wealth is, honestly, fucking scary. But the same thing that empowers the masses to assemble and communicate these ideas at the ease in which we enjoy them, is the same thing that hurts us in a way. Because anyone can start a Facebook event and organize a demonstration in the name of Occupy, there is a lack of definitive leadership. There is no single voice to declare the demands of the people, and frankly there isn't really a clear answer, at this point, to what change needs to take place.

So, what can be done? Optimism tells us that every single person can make a difference, but the overwhelming size and complexity of major social issues makes almost any action seem futile. I have never known a more depressing notion than the feeling of not being able to make a difference. So I am constantly on the search for a call to action. All I can say for certain is that we absolutely have to use the tools we have at our disposal. Use your voice. Have the conversations. Do not just challenge authority, challenge everything. Aside fron causing a lot of controversy The Invisible Children's campaign for Kony 2012 did one other thing, and it was exactly what it had set out to do. Joseph Kony is now infamous, and the results of their social experiment tell us that we can make exponential growth the age of communication work for us. We can use them to help steer our ever progressing timeline in the direction that is best for humanity. This blog is nothing more than an attempt to help encourage a much needed revolution of the mind and to help reach the 100th monkey, so to speak. Answers are out there and we can only find them by looking.