Mantus

This has been bothering me for a while - but I usually ignore it.

Humanity has the uncanny ability to ignore reality.

- We forget about the energy crisis and buy another SUV.
- We ignore sweatshops and buy a pair of jeans at Wal-Mart.
- Our politicians lie right to our faces (any politician) yet we still vote for them.
- We cast our vote every four years and are satisfied to live in a Democracy.

There is so much wrong with this world. There are so many imperfection that need to ironed out. Yet so many of us force these issues out of our minds. It’s not that we don’t see it; we just block it out. Now I am not a pessimist. I know there is much good in this world too. Yet the issue I am addressing here is humanity’s ability to remain passive. We have knowledge yet we don’t act upon that knowledge.

I speak from personal experience. I play video games, I read books, I party and I generally live without reacting to life, I just follow the script inside my mind.

What I fear most is that not only am I choosing to ignore the bad things about life, but that I am choosing to ignore all of life. I wrapped myself in this cocoon of comfort. Without influence form the outside world I am left with just myself. No wonder I feel like I am alone sometimes. My mind has adjusted to tuning out the world.

How do you people feel about this phenomenon?