How many of you already took the blue pill?

  Lately I have become enticed by the social sciences; politics, society and the human mind. I am increasingly interested in who we are as beings and what the collection of our interaction means. Society, both passed and current is well documented to me but never have I stopped to look at the implications in regard to the human race as a whole. I have always looked at it in the smallest of terms, never before have a looked at the whole of human history and regarded what we are. 

  This is has always been at the back of my mind when ever a new pop song comes on the radio or a piece of celebrity news reaches my ears. I am not against popular culture, indeed culture is one of the things I am most interested in, not on a case by case basis but on a larger scale. As there are three things I feel you can judge a civilisation by, the Culture in which they portray the arts, architecture and their mannerisms. The way they View The Universe, through religion, science and the human soul which inevitably leads to the morals with which they live. Then finally the Achievements that they leave behind for future generations, be that through discovery, invention, construction, etc. These achievements are not always positive to a newer generation, take for example The Great Pyramids, a marvel of course but too some a cruel reminder of slavery and yet it is listed as a wonder of our world.  

  More importantly, to my particular tastes, where we are going as a species is important. I have read and thought of a million scenarios in which man has risen to great heights, extended out through the stars and left a mark on the universe but I fear this might not be the case, at least not for the current carnation of man. I feel that the spirit is not right, we regard ourselves as invincible and we are not capable of great change when a problem arises. A problem has arisen, many in fact but with the current state of leadership and of individual minds we are ill equipped and indeed reluctant to change for the better of mankind and the planet as a whole.

  Perhaps after the Earth has calmed and the storm settled and man crawls out once more to try sentience they will find remnants of our civilisation and use such signs as a warning. Perhaps the next generation of man will walk a different path, then a different culture will evolve and they will see in a different light thus producing great achievements. Perhaps.