THE PUPPETS OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME
“Until
you realize how easy it is for your mind
to
be manipulated, you remain the puppet
of
someone else’s game.”
Evita Ochel
According
to Darwin’s theory of evolution, we humans were once monkeys. In other words,
we have ‘evolved’ from the position of monkeys to the position of human beings.
Right?
But, had Darwin
lived in today’s times – I mean, among a species hooked on to the relentless information
and misinformation fed to it by media of hundred kinds – I think, the great scientist,
perhaps, would not have given us that conclusion…
We have reduced ourselves
to something worse than monkeys!
And, this
degeneration has come about not over a ‘million years’ as Darwin and his
fellow-scientists would have concluded. Instead, it has come about within a span
of just few decades… Max two or three. Add one more, if you wish. And, after
the internet came in, the monkey-hood of humans got complete!
The end of the
world?
The end of right
thinking, Sir!
The scary part
of this story is this: we are unable to see the degeneration process that is happening
right inside us!
We trust the TV
or Social media propaganda more than we trust the good-old advice of our near
and dear ones…
We are obsessed
with what’s going on in the lives of others… Giving justice to strangers… Crying
for someone’s blood… , In the process, literally turning ourselves into a lynch
mob…
Yes, we don’t
care for good-old friendships, the real relationships… We care more for the
virtual ones…
We have become
so reactive, that we are ready to slay decades of friendships in a matter of
one toxic tweet or comment!
And, what got us
here?
I
wish, the great Darwin was alive today… He would have surely reserved his judgement!
I don’t know about
the end of this world; but, I do know about the end of right thinking, Sir…
A friend of mine
shared this video two nights ago. Maybe, there is nothing new in it…
Yes, maybe, there
is nothing new in it!
GERALD D’CUNHA
Pic: Pixabay
Video: Reagan Haley
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