Does Humanity Need a Lifeline?
We are in a world where the pressures of everyday living are causing a breakdown in community, family and the individual. On all levels what has existed since the end of World War II is under strain, and under massive economic, political and social transitions. In history there has existed such changes and positive and negative influences that have seen major shifts in the everyday.
In Western society democracy is under attack, or should it be said the democracy that has been evolving to the present day. Capitalism which was the basis of Western society has now reached levels where it has become rampant, and in many ways is not creating an environment of good life and belonging for a large number of individuals.
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If we parallel this with mankind being in an era of technology, where the internet, social media and AI are creating what could be seen as a new pseudo-world that creates a new pseudo-Self for the individual, yet there is still the actual world and the real Self.
The question to be asked is does mankind need a lifeline in these times of turmoil or better put a new defined direction that will reinforce community and society itself, before driving mankind into a direction that may see the loss of man to create, to think and to function in the everyday. Will the new tech world with its algorithms be the indicator of the new and future world we all live in, or will man become conscious again and realize that communication, thinking, creating is really what the human condition is all about? The uncertainty of the present and the lack of communication between individuals, and the political, social and economic stress we seem to be living in in the present create a need for direction and solutions or better stated a lifeline may be needed.
