Realising how much I am out of the Matrix
The blue pill or the red pill, the classic conundrum.
I was listening to the radio the other day, when the presenter began discussing her and her partners evening rituals. She was asking the listeners about funny Tiktok videos, to which she said "you know when you and your partner are in your bedtime doomscroll session and you find a funny video, a really good one, and I watched this one to the end...I don't normally watch more than a minute"...
My insides began to hurt at those words.
You see, I used Tiktok for approximately half a day and promptly deleted it, I didn't watch reels as a pass time ( I made them alright) and I was not a fan of Shorts either. I removed all Meta products almost 2 years ago and quite frankly got my brain back. It was like a breath of thick, juicy, fresh air.
But I realised from listening to this presenter, that I am definitely outside the Matrix. That in my own circle of people I know and talk to regularly, three do not have Social media and two do not have Meta at all. That most people are still glued to their screens, shortening their attention span, spending more money than they should, spending less time with real people and are eroding away both mental and social skills.
I am so grateful I can watch a full movie without needing my phone, or can read a book for a few hours and can participate in deep work on a project without distraction.
I hope more people can wake up and take the red pill too.
-GG