From c9d51c7de97f8af318fa7eb866c138a69676e1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:05:28 +0100 Subject: Made a bunch of content fixes --- ...knows-what-the-world-will-look-like-tomorrow.md | 27 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (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 index 46e6167..4743694 100644 --- 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 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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 +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 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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 +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 @@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ 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 +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 -in this situation. +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 @@ -59,12 +60,12 @@ 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. +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 @@ -94,6 +95,6 @@ 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 +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. -- cgit v1.2.3