However, 250 years ago we figured out how to exploit fossil energy- coal, oil and gas – and overnight our reality transformed. For most of this period, we also struggled to grow significantly because the balance of energy expended to hunt and gather food did not deviate greatly from the energy harvested from those efforts. I know what you’re thinking, “Terry, what pills are YOU taking?” Stay with me.įor almost 200,000 years, our ancestors depended on catching and gathering food derived from the energy of the sun, and as long as the energy we consumed was greater than the energy we expended in the process of consuming it we survived. Everything around you, the computer or phone you are reading this on, the chair or car you are sitting in, the coffee or bottled water you are drinking, are what you know. This world into which you were born is all you know, and it’s comfortable because it is familiar. Red Pill Readers: Buckle up and keep reading… Later, he is contacted by those that “know” and he is offered the choice between gaining knowledge and freedom by understanding the reality of his existence (The Red Pill), or continuing to live a life of security through blissful ignorance (The Blue Pill).īlue Pill Readers: Click the X at the top right of your screen and go back to business as usual. In the movie, The Matrix, Keanu Reeves’ character, Neo, observes his current life and senses foreboding, a palpable feeling that something else is unfolding around him to which he and everyone else is oblivious.
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