The past year or two has seen a sharp rise in the presence of alternative media. Much to the chagrin of those pushing the establishment ideology.
The reaction has been unprecedented, in terms of our notion of western liberalism. So much so that the west almost began to resemble a more Chinese style of governance and media control. With its censoring of scientific information not congruent with the establishment message.
However this is just the tip of a rather dark iceberg.
Co-founder of Wikipedia, Freddie Sayers recently gave an interview with Unherd. In this interview he discusses how he “no longer trusts Wikipedia”. Citing various articles and encyclopaedic entries which he claims have been “massaged” in order to maintain a controlled version of the ‘truth’.
What really stands out for me are the implications of pushing a belief that a consensus reality has already been well established.
The beauty of the internet and wikipedia COULD be that we get to explore ALL the evidence, we get to formulate questions based on the many paradoxes brought about by seeing both sides of the situation. Be it science, religion, social …
A world were information is filtered and censored only gives us half a picture of reality, it also encourages ignorance.
The truth is complex, often has multiple sides that coexist simultaneously, symbiotically. In fact it is the very complex symbiotic relationship of paradoxical truths that make life the full and wonderful experience that it can be.
But more pressing, I see how limiting truth creates a systemic atmosphere of ignorance, which in turn propagates into the world as real acts of evil.
When I say evil I mean acting out of ignorance, and often wilful ignorance.
And the deliberate censoring of facts, generates a breeding ground for ignorance.
But I do see optimistic possibilities from all this.
The more the establishment tries to dictate a consensus reality, the more people will begin to smell that distinct odour of corruption. And this will ultimately prompt people to do their own investigations and see for themselves. Certainly that is my hope…
The iceberg goes deep.
I’m thinking of the kind of censorship like the banned TED talk given by Graham Hancock back in January 2013, or the banned talk by Rupert Sheldrake. I imagine if people like Terence McKenna or Alan Watt were alive today, their talks would also be censored. But why?
What does this tell us about the consensus reality the establishment are trying push? And more so, what does it tell us about the reality we’ve yet to discover… ? Maybe we can handle the truth after all.
That’s something we can look at in more depth in future posts…
Meanwhile, I recommend this book, The Science Delusion, by Rupert Sheldrake. And a short message from Graham Hancock.
