Timelines are actually a lot like magnetic field lines:
(you go in from the bottom)
society is like a big engine, pushing every human forward in a collective way. (this is being represented by the red part in that image. Society “squeezes” humans forward, towards the top.)
Then, after society has fully developed, it falls apart because there’s no need for its collective effort/structure/organization anymore. Everybody goes on with their own way. That’s what the spreading magnetic field lines atop the image represent. You can branch out in one of many different ways. The future, from now on, is yours. There is no more “collective normal person”, no more " adhering to the norm", just: you do you.
I’ve been reading Reality is Not What it Seems and it is breaking my brain; like I think I can actually feel my brain caving in on itself or making new wrinkles trying to comprehend what the hell he’s talking about. I THINK I’m following him, but ye gods time and gravity and… just everything… it’s boggling!
Timelines are actually a lot like magnetic field lines:
(you go in from the bottom)
society is like a big engine, pushing every human forward in a collective way. (this is being represented by the red part in that image. Society “squeezes” humans forward, towards the top.)
Then, after society has fully developed, it falls apart because there’s no need for its collective effort/structure/organization anymore. Everybody goes on with their own way. That’s what the spreading magnetic field lines atop the image represent. You can branch out in one of many different ways. The future, from now on, is yours. There is no more “collective normal person”, no more " adhering to the norm", just: you do you.
I’ve been reading Reality is Not What it Seems and it is breaking my brain; like I think I can actually feel my brain caving in on itself or making new wrinkles trying to comprehend what the hell he’s talking about. I THINK I’m following him, but ye gods time and gravity and… just everything… it’s boggling!
I gotta check it out, thanks!