The technical side of virtual reality is catching up with a small but powerful culture of humans that has long been disconnected from the world. The word "grounded" has lost meaning.
It is hard to demonize people you do not know, hard to steal from your neighbors, hard to poison a well we all share, because, at heart, it is hard to be unkind. It's hard-wired in our DNA.
For many of us, the last conscious remnants of our connection to the earth, to our natural cycles, is found where we worship. Religions, for the most part, are tied to the cycles of seasons and sun. The ancient stories remind us we eat, we breathe, we age, we die. Dust to dust.
The ancient stories only work if you remember we are tied to the earth,the air, and the water, and that everything alive is tied to each other.
Words make sense only when words retain their meaning. Words retain their meaning when we retain our senses. We need to feel the warmth of the sun and our clan, taste and smell the foods made by grandma's hands, shared it with the youngest, hear the music of our voices, see the light in each other's eyes.
Connecting to the world bring us joy--just watch a young child plain a May puddle. Words without a connection to this world literally make no sense.
And yet here we are, worshiping false idols who spew words with no meaning, playing to deep, unfounded fears, promising to return us to a world that never existed.
Take a good look (and sniff) around--get grounded again.
Continue the joyful (and hard) work of being human.
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, via SiliconBeat
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