Friday, March 20, 2026
The more surveillance we have, the more fear we dredge. Peering into the world gives us a sense that we can see what God sees.
Is there an omniscient singularity “looking in”? The “need” to be informed, by way of technological invasion, will cause society to collapse. Checking in is choking you, putting you in an early grave like Richard Nixon. The Watergate scandal was pure paranoia. Looking in, like God watching from a distance, is fear-mongering made possible by anti-social media, technology, and the “need” to be an informed citizen.
Ring doorbells, cameras, surveillance, satellite imagery—these are the eyes of Big Brother. Cameras everywhere, social media everywhere, AI everywhere—yet more thieves and more distrust everywhere. Even with “God watching,” evil gets away with murder and malfeasance. How is it the unscrupulous slip detection when detection is everywhere? How much are you contributing to this insanity by “checking in”?
Growing up in the 1980s, I’d say we were pretty uninformed. We called it “simpler times.” Social meant togetherness. Locality was all there was. The world at large was largely blank. How could we fear? We couldn’t see “out there” like we can “see” now. Simpler times have not changed. Every safeguard, every prophylactic measure, every watchful device increases insanity. What makes you feel better? Blindness. Not knowing. Playing joyfully and ignorantly.
When you’re not afraid to die, living joyfully requires “stupid,” childlike trust. Your safeguards and surveillance are laughable. Walk on a tightrope, eyes closed, with no net, and “see” the goodness that underlies such “daring” play.
When you overcome your fear of death, play on the hole of the asp. Few are that “stupid,” however. Few know the source of bliss. Few know simpler times require your head in the sand, maybe even in the hole of the asp. The requirements for simpler times never change.