As we head into 2022 and further into my 70th year (you have no idea how weird it is writing that!), we have to understand that almost nothing we are told or is reported is any longer the truth! The truth has largely been replaced by sound bites, bias, spin, fake news and any other substitute you can think of. for years now those in power have told us want they want us to hear with little acknowledgment as to whether it has any basis in truth. It has become so normal that we just shrug our shoulders and sigh, as we are fed more bullshit. The epidemic of misinformation and outright lies has reached such a level that most of us hardly notice anymore! The danger is, that when the truth is revealed, we are no longer sure if we believe it? When those in power spin and twist events, that we have footage of and pretend it did not happen or what our eyes witnessed was not what we saw and blatantly lie straight faced into the camera, what chance do we have? Should we give up social media, hearing or reading the news, in a vain attempt to shed our disbelief? We might all be better off but this is the world we live in.
I read that now the Metaverse is becoming a reality and the young in particular will live through their “avatar” in an alternate reality, we really are heading towards Terminator! There are already others making a living out of selling outfits and other accessories that you purchase for your character. This is not new but is being elevated to another level and we should all be very concerned that our younger generations might become disengaged from reality all together. An exaggeration, doom laden rhetoric? Think back over the last twenty years alone and realise how much the world has changed? The majority of the world walk round with a device in our pockets that can almost connect us to anything!
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