So the older I get I've noticed that my perception of time has become more erratic. I remember as a kid everyone would always tell me, "The older you get the faster time seems to move. You'll see." Well I'm not a "kid" anymore and I think time has begun to slow down. Essentially that is time though. It's a completely relevant idea that someone came up with as a way to keep track of the transition from day to night. I'm sure the survival of the species also laid its heavy hand. That's something most people don't even think about. How many of the everyday things we do were all created out a basic need to survive? Freud man. Edward Bernays. There's more names to add to those two but my tired brain doesn't feel like pulling out every key players in history. Not a conspiracy, just a whole buncha craziness that the older I get the more sense it all starts to make. As ingenious of an idea the whole scheme of "consumer culture" is, I can't help but wonder what we would be like today if we didn't let our money driven thoughts drive us this far away from a life that is really fully of importance? We could still enjoy a lot of what we do but I think the human mind has come far enough along to make those changes happen. Corrupt and powerful forces keep the good bad and that is how it is. I don't think any one person can change this. Sad reality. Happy reality is we are never directly forced to stare into it so it is easy to block. I did for a long time. I no longer focus my entire being on it but I have come to understand the all seeing eye really is a symbolic form of power. Hell, it's on money. Enough said. It's nap time.
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