Recently, I've been trying to better fathom the psychological effects of growing up in world where everything you're told and everything you see and just, everything that you can think of you can fathom, is misinformation.
Does this shatter the mind? Terminally confuse it? Both?
I tend to think about this stuff in terms of the collective, but what about the individual? What would it take to repair the damage? Is it possible?
I guess anything is possible, but I personally give a person 1% odds, at this point.
I astonish myself with that figure, but it's really what I think.
Can anyone else address this?
my kids are 7 11 and 12. They are super good at weeding out bs because they grew up on the internet and video games. Ipad babies( gen alpha) have this like a weird super power.
I’m an elder millenial (pluto scorpio) , raised by gen x’ers so I was always told to trust no one and nothing but my husband’s parents are boomers and they go with the flow. Super dangerous mentality now that everything is fake.
@pictionary thanks for this. Super interesting perspective. It's cool you have access to a broad spectrum.
@pictionary Do you think it's because your kids have Pluto in Capricorn? I'm really interested in how this generation will develop. I discovered recently that Napoleon was born with Pluto in Cap 😉
@sophiab Yeah, capricorns are pretty cynical so that makes sense. They know everything is a trick to get your money!
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave comes to mind.
When it happens in the story—they return to the cave, and most never come back out. The one/s who intend to venture out again also return to the cave, and have to let their eyes adjust, step by step, before coming out again.
Recently, I've been trying to better fathom the psychological effects of growing up in world where everything you're told and everything you see and just, everything that you can think of you can fathom, is misinformation.
Does this shatter the mind? Terminally confuse it? Both?
A shattering only occurs when someone sees the truth and accepts it. Otherwise, I think it’s just perceived as reality. Albeit, prior to seeing the truth, the feeling that false reality generates is the cause of a wasting disillusionment.
A shattering only occurs when someone sees the truth and accepts it.
Thanks for this distinction. I knew I had it wrong but I didn't know how.
My story goes like this:
I grow up thinking people know the truth when they hear it. I was taught this, I think. The truth is self-evident?
I found out this was not the case, in 2006. Yes, this was an event for me and I marked it. I also wrote about it. I DOCUMENTED it, because it was so remarkable to me.
Specifically, I was telling someone true stories. After a hefty investment, the person told me they only believe 20% of what I said. I was legit, floored by this. I truly did not think a person could mistake the truth... this was probably the first time in my life I was simply not believed and it threw me for a loop.
I told the person, about this. How I had thought it was obvious I was telling the truth. I also told them I saw no reason to continue talking. What would be the point?
So now it's 20 years later, thereabouts. I am deeply aware of the lies that surround us and acutely aware the vast majority, believe them. What happened??? How did this become inverted?
This is my current curiosity because I am because I am becoming convinced, the knots in the brain are too tight or too well tied, or something - it can't be fixed. I can only accept the situation.
To me, this is like seeing my friends die. I cant replace them.
These devices, along with all the sociological stuff has destroyed the cognition of generations, just like our physical health has been devastated along with our mental heath.
All I can say, is "Good job!" to the enemy. I have to marvel.
It upsets and paralyzes me constantly.