I live in the USA in 2020. This is a record for future generations. Currently our country is one of the great super powers in the world. We have sent a man to the moon and through amazing and brilliant minds we have helped bring about the dawn of an incredible technological age.
For some reason for all the amazing achievements we have mastered we still do not provide healthcare to all our citizens. We have people that still end up on the streets while skyscrapers sit empty. We are dealing with a global pandemic, we have great racial systemic problems, and human trafficking and oppression are still a major problem in the world.
I write this with broken teeth and numerous health problems. My back hurts, my stomach hurts, and I have some more unseemly health issues that have gone un cured. Our medical system does not easily disclose costs and we have a national debt that is likely to enslave future generations to poverty. For our great achievements we have failed to heed the warnings of global climate change, security in cyberspace, and have sat by in the face of deep and dark oppressions in the world and in our own country.
We are increasing corporate profits and automation which seems to benefit the few rather than the masses. All industries are converging in the technology space so less jobs are available. It seems like we are at a turning point in human history and many are too afraid for various reasons to speak up to the root of the problem.
I love our country and I believe the idea of the American dream is a beautiful one. One that should be achievable by everyone in the world. I choose to love the world because I believe that a happy and prosperous world for all people helps protect us all. I have been a Christian for much of my life, though I believe some of my prayers go unanswered. I have been thankful for some unanswered prayers and I have suffered in misery at other times.
I am far from perfect and I realize we live in a broken and fallen world. When children die of cancer, when people jump out of skyscrapers, and people freeze to death on the side of the street in is difficult for me to believe that the creator of this world is good. It doesn’t mean He isn’t, I am just having a hard time seeing it in my present state.
I am pro life, against the death penalty, against torture, for healthcare (including dental) for all, for living and thriving wages for all, for the environment, for diversity, and against systemic depression. I guess that makes me a Republican and a Democrat, a Centrist, and a bit of the group that believes in freedom for all, sorry having a bit of trouble recalling the name right now. I believe people should be protected from harmful drugs and also believe that is right for some isn’t right for all. Corporate profits seem to dictate some laws right now which I don’t think is in the best interest of all people. I have some perspective though with lack of direct support I only know what I see from images on the wall, Allegory of the Cave, Plato.
I am college educated with a Master’s in Computer Engineering yet for some reason I have been prevented from working. The guy stuck in his Mom’s house that seems to have been left by the wayside by society. For a Christian that should feel love of Christian brothers and sisters I don’t. I realize I am imperfect yet when I have tried to make positive changes in my life I seem to only be met with more problems instead of a helping hand up. Whether this is reality could be questioned and this is the way it feels. I don’t wish to harbor any resentment to people as many have problems of their own. I would like to see all people doing better in the world. Part of me wants to turn cold because it seems no matter how hard I try it doesn’t seem to matter.
Tax laws and Intellectual Property laws seem to heavily favor the rich in 2020. Seems like some of our companies have created passive aggressive experiences for the users of their products. This might be just that we have reached the age of quantum computing nullifying encryption and have failed to properly head the warning of cyber security problems. That said when doctor’s are dealing with so much fixing people should and probably does take precedence over making sure to lock their machines when they leave the room. When people are hacking computers to this level it makes it more difficult for everyone including doctors, so please stop. Like the movie The Circle, we all need to take a step back and look at the damage social media can do.
Technology should be about empowering and making everyone’s lives better and we all have a responsibility to future generations to make that a reality. While ID systems and digital currency can make everyone’s life more convenient it can be turned on a dime to be used for horrors under the power of tyrants. Same goes for centralized medical records. We might currently be past this point already. Truth is with nuclear weapons and microscopic weapons that are in the hands of many today we must always keep a vigilant eye for misuse by Tyrants. Some people will falsely label some as Tyrants as well, they will mislabel and misuse words and information for some good purposes and some evil purposes. Please don’t use incorrect perceptions about me to prevent me from having a life or running a business. Also never be afraid to speak up in the face of adversity.
I realize some in the system might try and silence you, I wish this were not so. We as a people should be brilliant enough to appreciate constructive criticism though in this day and age some will use their ability to detour and detract those trying to work towards a better tomorrow for all people. Further those in charge of companies and organizations should not try and control and meddle with people’s lives in ways that hurt them. Exterminating part of the population to save the environment is wrong and should be watched out for. Trying to sterilize part of the population to control the population is wrong and should be watched out for. We as people have better solutions to our problems than this. Brilliance does not give anyone the right to treat other’s unfairly. So if this is an idea someone comes up with, go back to the drawing board. Life beats death, and it is imperative on all of us to make that reality. Two options divide and fail or make more room at the table. Make more room at the table. That is what Jesus would do.
We owe it to the previous and future generations to make this world a great place for all to live in. This means a way forward for everyone. I understand there is a lot of anger and hurt out there. I am sorry for my failures here. I wish things to get better for everyone though alone it is a bit of a pipe dream. My health and other’s health have had problems this year. Health problems and financial problems make life more difficult and repair and reconciliation more difficult. With God all things are possible though from where I am standing it doesn’t much feel like it. So I write. I know I am not a writer, I fancy myself as a bit of an artist though when I compare my work to others I don’t think I am close to their amazing works. I wonder if other artists love art yet have this feeling of inadequacy in their work. Hopefully I am adding some value somewhere, though right now I don’t feel like I can see it.
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