Try Explaining That To A Doctor

'It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.' 

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Revolt of the Elites

Perhaps the next revolution won't be of the masses but of the elites, and it is already happening...

“The educated man pictures a horde of submen, wanting only a day's liberty to loot his house, burn his books, and set him to work minding a machine or sweeping out a lavatory. 'Anything,' he thinks, 'any injustice, sooner than let that mob loose.' He does not see that since there is no difference between the mass of rich and poor, there is no question of setting the mob loose. The mob is in fact loose now, and -in the shape of rich men- is using its power to set up enormous treadmills of boredom, such as 'smart' hotels.” - Orwell

And as Lasch wrote about in The Revolt of the Elites, those who pay the piper call the tune, control the narrative, and simply float above and away from the masses...

Controlled Distraction

‘Hey, Max?’

‘What, Max?’

‘Do you think that we are dominated by particular sectors of society that function primarily in their own interest?’

‘No.’

‘Do you think that we are fed spectator spectacles like mass media and sports as an opiate to keep us contented and docile?’

‘No.’

‘Do you think that we are offered elections which give the illusion of choice but really do nothing to change the social order?’

‘No.’

‘Do you think that as a result we have become pacified, complacent and aimless?’

‘No.’

‘OK, just asking.’

‘Can I go update my Facebook Timeline now?’

‘Sure.’

11% Said 'I Don't Know'

Conspicuous Waste

"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”

- Bertrand Russell

The Right Of Way

The car honks. My right of way it says.

The bus honks. My right of way it says.

Then the car pulls ahead and brakes abruptly in front of the bus. It was my right of way it says.

It brakes abruptly in front of a bus full of people, wanting to make its point.

The bus brakes in turn and we -young, old, whatever- are all abruptly flung forward.

What the…?

I don’t know or care whose right of way it was but you don’t brake abruptly in front of a bus.

I don’t care how right or big or clever you are, if you brake abruptly in front of a bus then you are wrong and small and stupid.

Here’s an idea, if you want to show us how important it is that you have your right of way then why not try braking abruptly in front of a train? 

Why Is The Sea Salty?

'Hey Max, do you know why the sea is salty but a river isn't?'

'No, Max. Why are you asking me that?'

'Aren't you interested?'

'Well, I've got other things to focus on.'

'Like what?'

'You know, the daily stuff I need to do.'

'But don't you think it's a primary question?'

'My primary question at the moment is which price plan to choose for my mobile.' 

'Well, let me tell you: so over millions of years, the seas have been accumulating salt washed off the land by rain water as it finds its way via rivers, both above and below ground, back into the sea. So fresh water is actually salty too but the concentration of salt is too low for us to notice.'

'Do I need unlimited texts? I don't actually send that many...'