rotting brains

according to salon.com the internet is rotting our brains.  www.salon.com

apparently, the point and click world in which we live-- the one in which instantaneous gratification is the true drug-- has reshaped our maliable gray matter into ineffectual piles of rubbish.

laura miller sites in her salon article that neuroscientists have performed and reviewed important studies on the effects of multitasking, hyperlinks, multimedia and other information-age innovations on human brain function. that the "massively plastic"  brain is much like our muscles, it can be substantially changed and developed by what we do with it. 

and this change can be quick. our brains are well practiced at hyper-evolution. the short of it-- we have  lost our focus and ability to concentrate on the matters at hand. we are no longer even capable of sitting down and reading a book.

i resist this notion, for surely i consider myself the exception to all rules. thus, i set out to prove my exception by actually reading a book. my poor distracted mind devoured that book in a day. not bad for a bipolar byproduct of the information age who hasn't picked up a book in months, perhaps years.

that book... confessions of an economic hit man, by john perkins. as a most necessary read, its significance and importance is on the level of the movie zeitgeist. www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ and both are critical tools in uncovering the real forces shaping our condition.

for over 20 years perkins dotted the globe as a puppet of corporate/government interests, the corporatocracy. the methods of deceit and corruption used by these puppets are astounding. rigged elections, bribery and assassination are but a few practices that have plunged our society into the darkness of materialism, narcissism, sexual depravity and fraud. practices that deliberately rape our natural resources, starve our children and willfully promote the destruction of indigenous peoples and the eradication of complete ecosystems. all this in the name of protecting our economic interests and asserting our influence over a soon to be singular economic system. a system that can only be controlled by an elite few and a system that is designed to benefit only those elite few.

confessions of an economic hit man is a tell all book and karmic cleansing for its author. the book uncovers the sordid details of how our government has aligned with multinational corporations, the world bank, and the international monetary fund to reap economic genocide upon undeveloped, resource rich, and unknowing third world countries. a grim exposé of greed and corruption, the book does not come without a message of hope.

perkins draws from the stories and sacrifices of our founding fathers and the patriots that forged a new republic from tyranny to instill that hope. hope for a better world to bestow upon our children. he offers suggestions on what we as individuals can do fight these injustices-- share this book and ones like it, educate ourselves in these matters, learn to read between the lines of the daily news, discuss these issues with friends and family and educate others.

it is a daunting task to overcome the reach of these powers that be, but not an impossible endeavor. it is our duty to confront these institutions, en masse, and demand equality, civility and accountability from them. life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the conviction that all persons are created equal are the principles that this great country was founded upon and it is paramount that we return to those principles. our country, our civilization and our world depend on it.

our brains are not rotting. it is merely what the corporatocracy wants us to believe.

thank you john perkins www.johnperkins.org

i adore you laura miller salon.com/laura_miller