Comments on: The future belongs to those who show up https://didacticmind.com/2019/08/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-show-up.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2019/08/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-show-up.html#comment-1411 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 08:31:56 +0000 #comment-1411 In reply to Kapios.

Lately, I've been thinking whether or not most people are born to live like NPC's while a small part of the population is really awake. Do you believe that or is it just biased thinking?

Good question. I'll have to think upon that.

My initial thought is that the vast majority of people are, indeed, born to be NPCs. There is an old Bertrand Russell quote that goes something like, "Most men would rather die than think. Many do." I rather agree with it, even as I know that Bertrand Russell himself had a decidedly foolish view of Christianity and of Christ.

The reality is that it is much easier to be a compliant herd animal than it is to be a hardened warrior or predator. Humans are social animals and our survival has always depended upon our ability to socialise and run with the crowd. NPCs are, by definition, programmed herd creatures. So it is likely to be a programmed instinct.

]]> By: Kapios https://didacticmind.com/2019/08/the-future-belongs-to-those-who-show-up.html#comment-1410 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:58:07 +0000 #comment-1410 Problem is the quality of the population as you pointed out. But instead of using IQ, type of work, technological advancements and a bunch of other factors as metrics for quality of population, use low or high consciousness instead and you can judge better. Plenty of Asians have smart, hard working individuals, but they all walk like drones with their faces buried in their phones. Meanwhile the west is drowning in all kinds of vices like gluttony, sloth and pride. Even religious or any other spiritual institutions seem to overflow with individuals who are driven by these vices.

If you have the ability to observe your actions, thoughts and emotions through a 3rd person view, then you are part of the 1%. You have high consciousness, or to put simply, you are not an 'NPC'.

Lately, I've been thinking whether or not most people are born to live like NPC's while a small part of the population is really awake. Do you believe that or is it just biased thinking?

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