Just went through hospice with my mom due to Alzheimer's. She would shut her eyes for a few moments and open them with a look of "WTF is going on!? Who's bed is this?!!" every few minutes. Of course, with the inability to form new memories, she never got used to it.
Everything you said about the world coming unraveled is exactly why I shifted my focus from trying to change the world to trying to help those of us who are in it to cope as best we can while we're here. I think that's the best I can do at this point. But yeah, all the things you said here are things I've been feeling for a while too and like you said, I think anyone who is paying attention has been too.
I had the benefit/curse of running into Oswald Spengler in the early 2000's, and I spent about five years in a certain amount of angst that would sometimes border panic, because we were inevitably headed here, and I didn't want to go. But after freaking out for a long time, I just sort of gave up. I know that is the wrong answer--there is a lot of momentum we should actively fight against, climate change chief amongst them. I am kind of amazed Jack Smith exists and is doing what he is doing--I didn't expect that much resistance to the Trumpification of the US.
I had to look up Oswald Spengler. Now I'm doing a little deeper dive. (Which is to say, I am diving deeper than merely looking up his name which, for me, counts as a deep dive.)
Just went through hospice with my mom due to Alzheimer's. She would shut her eyes for a few moments and open them with a look of "WTF is going on!? Who's bed is this?!!" every few minutes. Of course, with the inability to form new memories, she never got used to it.
This song hits with a new meaning for me now: https://youtu.be/MO0EFY_gjNc
Everything you said about the world coming unraveled is exactly why I shifted my focus from trying to change the world to trying to help those of us who are in it to cope as best we can while we're here. I think that's the best I can do at this point. But yeah, all the things you said here are things I've been feeling for a while too and like you said, I think anyone who is paying attention has been too.
Waking up disoriented, more and more often? Could be a sign of something.
I had the benefit/curse of running into Oswald Spengler in the early 2000's, and I spent about five years in a certain amount of angst that would sometimes border panic, because we were inevitably headed here, and I didn't want to go. But after freaking out for a long time, I just sort of gave up. I know that is the wrong answer--there is a lot of momentum we should actively fight against, climate change chief amongst them. I am kind of amazed Jack Smith exists and is doing what he is doing--I didn't expect that much resistance to the Trumpification of the US.
I am a lot of fun at parties.
I had to look up Oswald Spengler. Now I'm doing a little deeper dive. (Which is to say, I am diving deeper than merely looking up his name which, for me, counts as a deep dive.)
Oswald Spengler's brain is equal to about 55 of my brains, as near as I can tell.
Brain is telling me all these things at 3:30am
That is some deep shit bro. I can totally relate.
Which is why it feels like a simulation. All of that in one lifetime? And that lifetime is ours?!? Doesn’t seem likely.