In review, we can see that if you are a Sleeper in the current system, you’re fucked. First, you work, which means you do not receive the full value of your production. Then, part of the remaining value is stripped off by transportation and home costs, which you must have to work. You must buy food, which will eventually make …
Systems that Control You: Energy
Gravity, steam, heat, magnetism, mechanical, nuclear weak force, electricity – the list goes on and on. Human life is dependent upon energy. This goes beyond just heating and cooling, because Homo Sapiens made certain trade-offs to get our cerebrums, that make us dependent on tools. Through history, there has always been the dominant energy form that humans are using, playing …
Systems that Control You: Housing
Ah. The little box of stick walls. Home. Where lives are built. The place where you can relax and get away from it all. Where you make and collect your memories. Sigh. Smile. It is a prison that turns into a coffin. Simply put, because 90% of you don’t Own it. But you rely on it. Which means, by default, …
Systems that Control You: Medicine
Let us be clear about one thing. Medicine is not an institution, or a profession. Its not a service, a calling, or a brave new leap forwards. Medicine is a business. Pure, and simple. Always has been, always will be. You must have a license to practice it. One thing that is interesting is that Medical Schools are limited, and …
Systems that Control You: Food & Water
Without water, you die in three days. And, without food, you’ll collapse in about two weeks, and die 30-40 agonizing days later. Did you know that they found dinosaur fossils, where they could extrapolate that the poor creatures had eaten rocks in their final days? Rocks. Can you imagine the state you would have to be in to eat a …
Systems that Control You: Transportation
This brings us to getting around. For the longest time, this could be done by that amazing process known as walking. Now, relax, I’m not going to ask you to start walking everywhere (though, if you’re tubby, it certainly would help) – I’m going to point out something. For a long time, cities were designed so that people didn’t need …
