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+title: "Who knows what the world will look like tomorrow"
+permalink: /who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.html
+date: 2023-07-08T18:49:07+02:00
+layout: post
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+This site has gone through a lot of changes over the years. From being written
+in Flask and Bottle to moving on to static site generators. I have used and
+tested probably 10s of them my now. From homebrew solutions to the biggest and
+the baddest. From Bash scripts to Node.js disasters. I've seen some things, no
+doubt. Not all bad.
+
+I have been closely observing the web and where the trends are going, and I
+don't like what I see. Instead of internet being this weird place where
+experimentation is happening, it all became stale and formulized. Boring,
+actually. Really boring. And sad. Where is that old, revolutionary FU spirit I
+remember? It's still there, I know. But it's being drowned by the voices of
+mediocrity and formulaic boredom.
+
+It almost feels like that the internet stopped for 10 years and only now
+something has started happening. With all the insanity around the world. People
+hating people without actual reasons, just because it's fashionable to hate and
+crowd is saying so. Sad state of affairs.
+
+All this is contributing to this overall negativity masked as apathy. Everybody
+walking in lockstep. Instead of being creative and bold, we are just
+re-inventing the world and making the same mistakes. Maybe, just maybe, some
+things are good enough and there is no need to try to be too smart for our own
+good. After N-attempts, maybe something should click inside our heads to maybe
+say: "This thing, opinion, etc. is actually really good, and even after several
+attempts it still holds."
+
+The older I get, the more careful I am of my own thoughts and why I think the
+way I think. More and more, I try to understand people with opposite
+opinions. Far from perfect, but closer to bearable. And then I see people
+hearing or reading a thing on internet and let's fucking goooooo! Strong
+opinions are a sign of a weak and uneducated mind. I am more and more sure of
+this.
+
+It's gotten to a point where you can with great certainty deduce a person's
+personality based on one or two opinions. How boring have we become. No wonder
+people can't talk to each other. These would be very quick conversations anyway.
+
+I just got remembered of a song, ["Hi
+Ren"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc). The ending talks about being
+stiff and not being able to dance. Such an amazing metaphor. And we as people
+have gone so far, we can't even walk or even crawl normally anymore. We have
+forgotten that the most beautiful things in life have a great deal of
+uncertainty about them. We want instant gratification. Not only that, but we
+want absolute obedience. Complete control over others, because we have zero
+control of ourselves. And all the lies we could tell ourselves will not help us
+out of this situation.
+
+It is funny how I catch myself from time to time being a complete idiot. It's
+like having an outer body experience. I can see myself being an idiot, and
+cannot stop myself. It serves as a learning lesson to stop before speaking. To
+think before saying. And to crawl before walking.
+
+So there is still time. We can dance once more. All we need to do is stop for a
+second. Me and you. Us two is a start. Let's not try to change the world, but
+rather nudge ourselves just a tiny bit. And if we only did that?! Just
+imagine. Each of us nudged ourselves a small, tiny bit, the world would heal. If
+we would just put down the phones and ignored Internet for a day or two. Put
+visiting websites that feed on us on hold. Listened to just one sentence and try
+to understand it from a person who we completely disagree with. I truly believe
+that this is possible.
+
+Life is about suffering and joy. And instead of wishing suffering on others and
+excepting joy for yourselves, we should for a brief moment want suffering for
+ourselves and wish joy on others. Wouldn't that be an amazing sight to see?
+
+I caught myself hating on Rust. And I deeply thought about it afterward. Why did
+I do it? It is obviously not for me. So why the hell was I being so negative
+towards it? I think that I know the answer. I was negative because that is
+easy. Because it's much easier to hate on things than to say to yourself: "Well,
+you know what? This is not for me. I will focus on creation and not
+destruction. This is who I want to be. This is what fills me with joy and
+purpose." Where joy is keeping me happy and purpose scares the shit out of me
+and keeps me honest. This is who I want to be. Admit to myself when I am wrong
+and accept the faults that I have without reservation and with courage march on.
+
+I just realized that this blog post is a sort of therapy for me. It's
+cathartic. Going thought the history of this site and remembering all the
+decisions and annoyances that came with it. When I was cursing at the tools. And
+time moved on, and the site is still here. It serves as a reminder that
+perseverance wins at the end. If we just let things go.
+
+This came with a decision that simplifying life and removing all the unnecessary
+negativity is key. Rather than worrying about what the internet is saying, what
+the world is trying to take from you, you are the only one who can say no. And
+create instead of destroy.
+
+I don't have an ending for this post, so I will say this. We live in the most
+amazing times in the recorded history, and we should be internally grateful for
+it. Create and study, this should be my mantra. Just create and let the world
+happen. And when you feel yourself to be too certain, stop and check how deep in the
+shit you are already. Strong opinions are a sign of a weak and uneducated
+mind. Hate and disdain is for the weak.