Thoughts
2. Cultural conditioning
3. Unpleasant surroundings
Below you will find collections of thoughts, ideas and observations that capture certain perspectives on existence and on the experience of it. It might help with shifting your point of view and it shows glimpses of what naturally follows if you do. I also hope that it provides some insight about how one can uphold several perspectives without getting too caught up in any of them. Some of it might sound familiar, some of it obvious, some of it outrageous, but none of it should be taken as conclusive or ultimate. These writings are meant as a conversation starter because it is the conversation that I‘m most interested in. We live in a unique time. Our species is on a clear path towards self destruction, and we are close to reaching the finish line. Worse than that, the majority of humans are not aware of this (or choose not to be). Even worse than that, most of us are not even having fun while actively contributing to the desolation of the environment that sustains us. We are taking all the steps required to ensure the extinction of most - if not all - of humankind, while being miserable throughout the whole affair. How did we get here? Can we turn this around? If so, then how? These are the main points I would like our conversations to be about.
You will notice that these texts are written in a concise, somewhat dry and direct tone. I wanted to keep them as short and simple as I could. I structured them into chapters but actually, all points within connect and fundamentally, I'm talking about the same thing over and over again; approaching it from different angles, with diverse examples and with several takes on each proposition. If you find any parts that don't make sense or if you would like me to elaborate on any of the points in here, just reach out and let me know. Also, this is a living project that I will continue to update on a regular basis. These texts are not finished and there are a lot of other texts still to come. Make sure to look back at this section form time to time, you'll probably find something new to think about.
