Many people, many men and women, enjoy life through the very limiting lenses of simulation. They project their fears and hopes in dramas, movies and TV shows. They follow various religious and astrological traditions which are mimicking patterns of life. They play sports as proxy for wars. They model themselves in the image of idolized famous people. They play video games that copy life on restrained technological platforms. Anything they do in real life end up being a projection of the various simulations they run during leisure time. And they call that culture. Well, to me, this is bonkers.
Because I don't do simulations. I simply do life. Yes, I will enjoy some good old dramas from time to time, not as a way for projecting myself into the unknown, more like a social voyeur using a periscope to witness the prevalent zeitgeist. And because I see various cycles operating at every level across the living realm, I tend to closely follow the evolution of things through time. Ultimately, because of who I am, because of what I see and what I do, my existence end up being a lonely one. And as I gain more understanding about the fabric of life itself, I'm growing wary of things most will never accept to see.
So I'm slowly becoming nuts, in real time and in real life, increasingly a stranger to fellow human beings and their level of reality. But not a stranger to human suffering, or more widely, human suffering as applied to the living. You want to know how it feels being a deer in the woods living close to a busy divided highway? Become one. I did that. I've walked and roamed through some forests near highways. It's absolutely terrifying. The noise level is unbearable. And I'm not talking about crossing the road, a feat halfway between performance and miracle. What's instantly coming to mind is: humans are insane.
Don't care about animal life? Consider the fact that many super wide divided highways are now cutting through villages and cities all around the developing world, without any way for locals to cross safely. Most often, wealthy drivers in luxury cars won't be prosecuted in the case of hitting a peasant, and as a result, many die trying to venture from one side to the other. Not even mentioning air and noise pollution. Anyway, most times, people not caring about animal wellbeing won't care about fellow human beings in any respect. Well, to me, this is bonkers too.
So, I do real life. The best game in the Universe. Guaranteed to be bloodier than any simulation. Confronted to idiocy and incompetence on a daily basis. Witnessing genius and benevolence here and there. Seeing through politics and insurers gimmicks. Eyes wide open and still wondering how to crack it open. I'm telling you, only game in town. And to those of you arguing we already live in a simulation, I'll say: enough with the fear, start living, now, fully and completely.