Screed

The only real question I have left is why more people aren’t curious about
life in general; then I realize there’s always going to be a component of it 

that can’t be “known” , (like absolute truth), and that that not knowing generates fear that uses ignorance to cover it up. Even the great intellects are subject

to this.

But as we speak, there is a confluence of Buddhist theories of mind and the
scientific community which is beginning to see value there. Also, particle physics and math (chaos theory) are actually contributing to a new view where the Newtonian model becomes an artifact, and the order that we actually perceive more and more is being seen to rely on uncertainty, not
just on the quantum level….but that’s a start.

So, when we talk about models of government or political systems at this time,
my feeling is any paradigm you can think of has to face the fact that the way
reality itself is seen is changing. Why do you think people are so angry and crazy? Well, it might well be that standards of living are going down and that’s why. But I think that’s just another symptom of what’s happening. There’s no doubt that the internet is changing the consciousness of many many people.
Of course, in all kinds of ways. Even if the change just reinforces the negative for many people, what it does mean is that the pot is starting to boil.

(this article I read today in Huff Po says this even better: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-solnit/letter-to-edward-snowden_b_3616828.html )