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2title: "Who knows what the world will look like tomorrow"
3url: who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.html
4date: 2023-07-08T18:49:07+02:00
5type: post
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8
9This site has gone through a lot of changes over the years. From being written
10in Flask and Bottle to moving on to static site generators. I have used and
11tested probably 10s of them my now. From homebrew solutions to the biggest and
12the baddest. From Bash scripts to Node.js disasters. I've seen some things, no
13doubt. Not all bad.
14
15I have been closely observing the web and where the trends are going, and I
16don't like what I see. Instead of internet being this weird place where
17experimentation is happening, it all became stale and formulized. Boring,
18actually. Really boring. And sad. Where is that old, revolutionary FU spirit I
19remember? It's still there, I know. But it's being drowned by the voices of
20mediocrity and formulaic boredom.
21
22It almost feels like that the internet stopped for 10 years and only now
23something has started happening. With all the insanity around the world. People
24hating people without actual reasons, just because it's fashionable to hate and
25crowd is saying so. Sad state of affairs.
26
27All this is contributing to this overall negativity masked as apathy. Everybody
28walking in lockstep. Instead of being creative and bold, we are just
29re-inventing the world and making the same mistakes. Maybe, just maybe, some
30things are good enough and there is no need to try to be too smart for our own
31good. After N-attempts, maybe something should click inside our heads to maybe
32say: "This thing, opinion, etc. is actually really good, and even after several
33attempts it still holds."
34
35The older I get, the more careful I am of my own thoughts and why I think the
36way I think. More and more, I try to understand people with opposite
37opinions. Far from perfect, but closer to bearable. And then I see people
38hearing or reading a thing on internet and let's fucking goooooo! Strong
39opinions are a sign of a weak and uneducated mind. I am more and more sure of
40this.
41
42It's gotten to a point where you can with great certainty deduce a person's
43personality based on one or two opinions. How boring have we become. No wonder
44people can't talk to each other. These would be very quick conversations anyway.
45
46I just got remembered of a song, ["Hi
47Ren"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc). The ending talks about being
48stiff and not being able to dance. Such an amazing metaphor. And we as people
49have gone so far, we can't even walk or even crawl normally anymore. We have
50forgotten that the most beautiful things in life have a great deal of
51uncertainty about them. We want instant gratification. Not only that, but we
52want absolute obedience. Complete control over others, because we have zero
53control of ourselves. And all the lies we could tell ourselves will not help us
54out of this situation.
55
56It is funny how I catch myself from time to time being a complete idiot. It's
57like having an outer body experience. I can see myself being an idiot, and
58cannot stop myself. It serves as a learning lesson to stop before speaking. To
59think before saying. And to crawl before walking.
60
61So there is still time. We can dance once more. All we need to do is stop for a
62second. Me and you. Us two is a start. Let's not try to change the world, but
63rather nudge ourselves just a tiny bit. And if we only did that?! Just
64imagine. Each of us nudged ourselves a small, tiny bit, the world would heal. If
65we would just put down the phones and ignored Internet for a day or two. Put
66visiting websites that feed on us on hold. Listened to just one sentence and try
67to understand it from a person who we completely disagree with. I truly believe
68that this is possible.
69
70Life is about suffering and joy. And instead of wishing suffering on others and
71excepting joy for yourselves, we should for a brief moment want suffering for
72ourselves and wish joy on others. Wouldn't that be an amazing sight to see?
73
74I caught myself hating on Rust. And I deeply thought about it afterward. Why did
75I do it? It is obviously not for me. So why the hell was I being so negative
76towards it? I think that I know the answer. I was negative because that is
77easy. Because it's much easier to hate on things than to say to yourself: "Well,
78you know what? This is not for me. I will focus on creation and not
79destruction. This is who I want to be. This is what fills me with joy and
80purpose." Where joy is keeping me happy and purpose scares the shit out of me
81and keeps me honest. This is who I want to be. Admit to myself when I am wrong
82and accept the faults that I have without reservation and with courage march on.
83
84I just realized that this blog post is a sort of therapy for me. It's
85cathartic. Going thought the history of this site and remembering all the
86decisions and annoyances that came with it. When I was cursing at the tools. And
87time moved on, and the site is still here. It serves as a reminder that
88perseverance wins at the end. If we just let things go.
89
90This came with a decision that simplifying life and removing all the unnecessary
91negativity is key. Rather than worrying about what the internet is saying, what
92the world is trying to take from you, you are the only one who can say no. And
93create instead of destroy.
94
95I don't have an ending for this post, so I will say this. We live in the most
96amazing times in the recorded history, and we should be internally grateful for
97it. Create and study, this should be my mantra. Just create and let the world
98happen. And when you feel yourself to be too certain, stop and check how deep in the
99shit you are already. Strong opinions are a sign of a weak and uneducated
100mind. Hate and disdain is for the weak.