Uniquely Us: Mass control through global homogenization of mind

We might live, work, go to the same gym, vote for the political parties, believe in the same god or, lack thereof as the case may be; but we are not the same. You are you, I am me and the difference between us is where our beauty lays as well as our opportunity yet, we are losing it.

Firstly, the beauty. Opposites attract for a reason, namely genetic diversity but, this goes beyond the levels of species continuance. As much as we like to interact with people similar to ourselves, we are drawn to the mystery and possibility of the unknown. We are risk adverse however, we also have the tendency to open ourselves up to the flames. We often get burned but, what we learn is an experience that we would not have had otherwise, information we would not have held otherwise.

Which leads into the opportunity. It is this variation, this diversity of experience, thoughts, perspectives and approaches to life that gives us the resource diversity required to tackle the problems we face. 'Two heads are better than one' only when those heads are able to communicate effectively and hold a variance of ideas that increase the possibility of finding solutions.

But, we are slowly decreasing our diversity.

People seem to have this idea that we are all expanding outwards as our experience increases as our borders disappear and we start to welcome in more and more various cultures, colours and communities into our folds. but, is this the case? I don't think so although it might appear this way at first.

We are using the same platforms to share our experiences, consuming the same movies, playing the same games and we are exposed to the same advertising, concepts of government and ideals about what is right and wrong. We are not diversifying, we are homogenizing. Converging.

Where does this lead us, why would this matter, wouldn't this stop the conflicts and the violence?

Diversity of humanity is difficult to control, hard to maintain and near impossible to satisfy anywhere close to equally. A population of cats is hard to wrangle but,a population of sheep with similar ideals, similar outlooks and similar desires is easily catered for, easily incentivized to act predictably. We can be corralled not just within borders but across borders, globally. But even take out the New World Order governance and limitation imposed and there are problems.

Our strength as a species is our ability to adapt to the challenges we face and adequate adaptive skills require diversity of genetics for the animal and thought for the human component. Our ability to solve complexities we face without having to evolve our body is what keeps us advancing faster than any other species and at a level that far outstrips anything that has knowingly come before us.

But, we are engineering ourselves to be similar, think similarly and want similarly, we are boxing ourselves into a frame of mind where similar is rewarded and variance is disincentivized. The money goes to who can cater best to the masses, not those who makes breakthroughs on the fringe. It is about popularity not diversity which are usually diametrically opposed.

And the ways we are becoming similar is through our own pleasure centres, entertainment and apps that lessen our need to curate our own lives, learn new skills, understand the rules of nature. The artefacts we use compete with our own species level talents and lessen our abilities to expand our set, increase our range and have a chance to solve problems we have not yet encountered, not yet imagined.

And this is where the majority of harm happens, the oppression of imagination a crushing of creativity and a continual lessening of our ability to think differently from the person next to us. What we know becomes what we all know and if what we all know isn't enough to face challenge, the only way to overcome is to be creative enough to think outside of the box we have been incentivized to buy into with inferior skills we have been incentivized to give up.

Buy this to make your life easier, think this to reduce conflict, behave this way for a reward.

Perhaps there is no umbrella organization managing it all, perhaps it is just many cells with the same agenda, maximization of profits by creating and catering to the masses but, the same result is achieved. We are similar and weaker, protected and soft, entertained but not creative.

One thing we are, is easily manipulated.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]