LXIV

What's Wrong with You? 

Patiently anticipating my routine appointment with my psychiatrist, I wait with the rest of the patients. Constantly drifting through my head is the same question, "I wonder why they are here?" Yet discussing the apparent issues is considered taboo.

Certainly, it is no secret that we are all broken in our own way. No need to ignore it, for we all have faults. Outwardly, we tirelessly construct an elaborate facade. However, inwardly we share the same shame, sin, guilt, and mistakes. We mask our true shortcomings for the sake of our personal pride and reputation. 

Transparency, apparently, is denounced by our surrounding culture. Instead, opaque  false personalities are in vogue.    

LXIII

Our Creation 

In his analysis "If I Had a Hammer", Friedman introduces the dangers of our current era, The Second Machine Age. Our enduring race against the machines is plaguing our society, economically and mentally. Fighting superior knowledge, we are becoming inferior to our own creations--the creation is overtaking the creator.
There's an ancient Hebrew tale which illustrates the lives of a city. In their quest for greatness, the people construct a massive tower, extending to the heavens, for they strived to reach God. Their vain attempt to reach their Creator was nothing more than craving power and control, for they seek equality with God. 
Likewise, our creation of technology is surpassing our own wealth of knowledge. The result is a bountiful supply of people, but no demand for their labor exists. 
With no purpose, we wallow in our misery and fear of our own inferiority. Lacking purpose, we gain mentally deterioration. Only the superior specimens of the human race can remotely compete with our overtaking creations. 
The Hebrew raconteurs' elaborate fabrications echo true in our modern era:
The creation is beginning to overtake the creator.