ego death

In my fantasies, which I admit are unhealthy, unhelpful wastes of time, I see the world changing drastically in the next few months. COVID-19, Coronavirus, the 'Rona, effectively changes the way we handle ourselves. Commerce the way we have always done it is now on the beginning of its decline into antiquity, brick and mortar storefronts and certain needless service industries are losing their relevance, many will be out of jobs, having to find other ways to contribute to society, so it goes. The future does not wait for us to be prepared for its arrival, it simply arrives. We cling so much to "the way we've always done it", no more, not after this. We will recognize the importance of scientific thought and the authority that comes with expertise rather than title. We will be inspired by the clearer skies and the cleaner water to keep that momentum. We will no longer take for granted the beauty of human gathering and will feel the merging of souls in such situations as concerts or being in a movie audience. Rather than being wrapped in our own experience, the months of solitude and boredom will have sensitized our feelings of connectedness; we will again play like children and have an adult understanding and memory of this feeling when it fades again. We will reflect these newfound understandings and appreciation for freedom and life in the way we vote, a newfound curiosity and desire for the expansion of the human mind, both to prevent future disaster and for personal and species-wide pleasure and gain.

It is my belief that human beings are constantly evolving. New neural pathways form from trauma, learning, and experience. These pathways inform creativity and invention, novel thought and innovation. It is rare that large scale traumatic events ocucr which affect all living people simultaneously. Because of this I believe we will evolve, not individually but as a society; one, massive constantly changing organism whose cells are more intelligent than any others like it on Earth because they want to change and they know how.

In short, this experience could springboard the rest of human history.

Or nothing will change.

Either way it'll be interesting to see.