From 23a56bd50b04211da3cab45f72c3390711b2416b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200 Subject: Moved notes and posts into subfolders --- ...knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2023-07-08-who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md (limited to 'content/posts/2023-07-08-who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2023-07-08-who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md b/content/posts/2023-07-08-who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46e6167 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2023-07-08-who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +--- +title: "Who knows what the world will look like tomorrow" +url: who-knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.html +date: 2023-07-08T18:49:07+02:00 +type: post +draft: false +--- + +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 are 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". 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 +in 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. 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 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. -- cgit v1.2.3