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[solarpsychedelic]

One thing that can come out of this bummer era: a return to authenticity.

The externals have fallen, are falling. Celebrities, public figures, institutions, systems, philosophies our world revolved around are not what we thought they were and feel increasingly irrelevant. Disappointment, disillusionment, and disavowal set in.

But the good part is we can ask ourselves: who am I beyond the externals, who I am beneath the surface?

(Cue up “Once in a Lifetime.”)

I’ve been thinking about this in connection with a discussion I saw on r/Millennials and the responses to OP.

There’s gloom and doom among the responses, sure. Grief for what’s been lost is understandable.

What I found refreshing though were people asserting better scenarios: to support each other, to live for family, friends, and pets, to rebuild life on human values.

Maybe the old systems really are played out and we’re living in its ghost era. Maybe it will be the work of the younger generations to rebuild a more analog and human world… if the evolving tech doesn’t crush us first.