Willful Blindness – Redux

Our ability to deceive ourselves is so great, that it is almost beyond comprehension. It’s as if we decided that the looming disasters that we face, are too much trouble to think about – much less, talk about or even do anything to avoid.

We won’t even TALK about these things, and I’m utterly amazed by this. And, since we keep our mouths closed, our choice to be blind spreads.

Like a disease.

Unfortunately, it’s NOT a disease. It’s a choice. We chose this. And, I wouldn’t believe it, if I didn’t see it in myself.

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None so Blind as Those

The reason why the world is in so much trouble, is that we’ve been living in a fantasy world of our own design. And, as this fantasy unravels, we clutch at it more and more fiercely. Unfortunately for the fantasy-clutchers, the fabric has already torn and reality is becoming visible.

The only question is…

Will our fantasies die fast enough to deal with reality?

Or, will our fantasies persist for long enough for reality to destroy us?

I suspect that these lies have been hand-crafted, to defeat us and hasten our day of reckoning.

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