I always thought that we were pawns in a giant alien game - different aliens chose different religions/cultures/things to for groups of us believe in and watching what that does to us over time. Like all of life is probably based on an alien bet of $1 to see which race/religion/group makes it to the end without folding over on itself like a dying star.
I think about this topic a lot. Some friends call it the “metacrisis” which seems accurate to me - the vast swirl of simultaneous upheavals that are accelerating us way past the politics, the technology, the society, the economy and more that seemed so permanent when we were young. I don’t think it’s a function (only) of growing older. But also a function of something beyond our understanding happening to all of us right now - time travel, aliens, singularity, multi-dimensions, you name it). Thank you for opening the door … now I am eager to walk through and see what’s on the other side.
I've always thought this too! $:-0
That's essentially reverse Battlestar Galactica.
Totally agree- I think the aliens are us in the future, traveling back in time to "check on the experiment" like you mentioned.
I always thought that we were pawns in a giant alien game - different aliens chose different religions/cultures/things to for groups of us believe in and watching what that does to us over time. Like all of life is probably based on an alien bet of $1 to see which race/religion/group makes it to the end without folding over on itself like a dying star.
I think about this topic a lot. Some friends call it the “metacrisis” which seems accurate to me - the vast swirl of simultaneous upheavals that are accelerating us way past the politics, the technology, the society, the economy and more that seemed so permanent when we were young. I don’t think it’s a function (only) of growing older. But also a function of something beyond our understanding happening to all of us right now - time travel, aliens, singularity, multi-dimensions, you name it). Thank you for opening the door … now I am eager to walk through and see what’s on the other side.
"permanent when we were young"... You mean, like, permanent retrograde? $;-P