Honestly there is so much shit going on in the world RN - I shouldn't need to convince you, just switch on the news and you shall see - wars abroad and race hate at home - and so much of it heightened by sheer confusion.....
I think that more and more people are just saying to themselves 'I've just had enough of this' how the hell do I get outa here.
But in reality there is nowhere to go.
Then there's AI that is making me think this way - AI can do a lot of our jobs better, such that we become and apendenge of the technology and have to settle for being good at 'prompting' - one has to wonder how one is ever going to find work satisfying ever again.
And it's no use NOT using AI, then you just feel silly because you're working twice as hard as the company next door who is using it.
And again, so much uncertainty with AI, so much lack of control, so much capacity for people to just at some point be exhausted with it all.
I guess that's the key word that's summing up the experience of modern life - exhaustion because there is just TOO MUCH GOING ON...
And more and more people asking 'how can I just get some fucking peace'
Well there is an answer in Buddhism IMO, it addresses on a personal level many of the frustrations of modern life, offers and antidote.
That is to those of us who are not in the front line of the shit, those of us who have enough to get by, which is most of us btw....
I've sort of got out of touch with Buddhism of late, but I think I need to revisit it, that noble eighfold path is worth a look, so many tools in that Buddhist toolbox for dealing with the pressures of modern life, more than coping, just going beyond it all and learning to just detach.
I can just see Buddhism becoming pretty big going forwards, I might have to have a look at companies seeking to capitalise on the whole break-free spirituality vibe, it could be massive and a tidy little earner.
Or maybe I just need to go full retard and become a Guru...?
