Philosophy

Can the power of distribution be divorced from the forces of wealth and influence?

Whereas the honest individual seeks to contribute to his and others' growth and well-being, many means of distribution are subject to enforcement of (often harmful) ideology and extreme focus on monetisation.

One comes to wonder what can be achieved when collaborative efforts are not supervised by those who care for so little for either the work or the audience.

Can culture be cultivated so as to feed growth to the consumer of it?

Culture is the (literal and figurative) food of a people-group, it is their agriculture, information, art, and habits.

Habits result from conditioning, whether externally imposed or internally forged through emotional attachment to specific beliefs and ideologies.

Beliefs have the function of limiting the complexity of information intake through means of categorisation and hierarchy. This allows us to interface with our surroundings more efficiently but also creates blind spots in our understanding. Belief is a tool for navigation. Tools need adjusting if they fall short of their function.

Can we be not so divided by our identities that we fail to see one-another past appearances?

There is a fervent collective grasping at meaning in our time.

We seek “right information”, which divides us, or brings us together over opinions rather than genuine care or respect.

We desire connection but convince ourselves to elevate conflict.

No Ideal ogs

Ideologies are inert belief systems. Dead systems.

They do not represent us so long as we live.

We ought to be researchers, communicators, collaborators, motivators.

We ought not be ideologues.

We are not ideal ogs.