Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Jeanette van Dijk's avatar

I totally agree with your analysis on intellectual recession. You can't even walk through a park anymore without constant noise - everyone's got headphones, music blasting, phones buzzing. We've become so terrified of our own thoughts that we're drowning out our inner voice completely

Thing is, that's where real innovation comes from. The quiet moments where your subconscious mind gets to speak up. In my opinion, that's the main reason we're all consuming AI-generated slop instead of creating anything meaningful ourselves. We have become consumption addicts.

Expand full comment
C Woody's avatar

Great to see you back Lily and more on point than ever! Excellent article.

It is depressing out there, but I guess that is part of the bigger picture. They want us isolated,hopeless, glued to technology for the brief feeling of belonging to something,even though it is pointless and inane. Keeping us lonely and miserable will make it much easier for the powers that be tethered to our devices in order to eat, earn and travel and ultimately survive. The majority of people are scared to be alone,afraid of the silence instead of embracing it. Case in point, the latest craze on the second term of The Apprentice has people far and wide,thinking people,people who’s opinions I have respected for their political commentary or opinion’s on a broad range of topics get fully on-board with the “Iran was 15 minutes away from a nuclear weapon” narrative, not even blinking an eye to the fact that the same people finance both sides of the upcoming war. Who is going to benefit from it and how. Palantir and Starlink might come to mind aside from the usual suspects. To think a year and a half ago some guys on powered parachutes glided gracefully into THE most heavily surveilled and protected country on the planet to kick this entire charade off. The social media drivel has effectively destroyed the section of society’s brains that makes us capable of thinking critically. We are putty, mouldable to whatever they require.

Once again,many thanks for your work!

Expand full comment
7 more comments...

No posts