A Warning Wake-Up Call - Ask and Learn Cursive!

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Those of you who know me in real life, know I'm not one to be fooled easily. Those of you who know me in real life, know I'm not one for illogical hear-say. And also, those of you who know me in real life, know I like classic American writers of the 20th Century such as Ray Bradbury, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Recently, I've been asking, and I've been receiving answers to those questions. When you ask questions, you learn, when you learn, you grow. Why are we fearful of "growing" ourselves to meet and exceed potential? Why do we fear that?

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I write this because not since 1985, has the Doomsday clock been at 3 (Three) Minuets to Midnight, for a second year in a row. It seems between fashion, musical trends, and the world at large, we are repeating the 1980's. Heck! Even the Delorean DMC-12's heading back in production, and still no "proper" hoverboards:

I won't go into depth about what I've learned, what I've asked, what I've concluded- at large. Many put forth, to inform, but many a time, we brush them off for heretics. However, I will propose you the following to chew on, as it's startling when you think about it, even for the briefest of seconds...

• If you've read, or seen "1984" by George Orwell, then you've heard of "New-Speak." The Goal of "New-Speak" was so that nobody would understand historical texts and documents, by the 2050's. Now think about this: Why isn't cursive being taught in schools? Why is the "digital signature" such an important thing now, over a "real-world signature"?

• If you've read or seen "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, you know of "The Family," an interactive television show, where viewers were called "Cousins." Now consider this: Why are so many people concerned with "Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/YouTube Fame"? Why are game-shows like "The Price is Right," having whole weeks devoted to "Social Media"? Why did the now defunct "Current TV" have a show called "Bar Karma," in 2011, in which a "community" dictated what happened in the episodes? Why do we obsess over the likes of people who do so little to contribute to the betterment of humanity? 

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

• Why is it, until recently, have the great geniuses, like Nikola Tesla, and his ideas, been hidden from humanity till recently? And why do we still call Marconi, when the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1943, declared Tesla, "The Father of Radio." Why is it Karl Benz, that is hailed as the "Father of the Automobile" when it was an Austrian named Siegfried Marcus, who in 1870, put a gasoline engine, on a four-wheeled cart, and drove it around town? 

• There are such things as "Known Unknowns," which is a status of where society knows something, but decides consciously "not acknowledge" the known fact/theory/idea, as if it were a bad penny. Ponder this: If there are so many things in this world, that add up to things we abhor as a society at large, why do we act as if they don't exist? Do we do it to preserve social norms and orders? And if so, who's responsible for the orders? 

If anything, I can provide a simple and correct answer to these. There are such things known as "Open Secrets," in the world. For example, Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors, and Space X, has been widely known in recent news articles, for saying that the alleged "Apple Car," is an "Open Secret." Now what is an "Open Secret." It's a secret that's known as fact by the masses; a theory that comes to fruition. Now, back to the ones who created the "Social Order" of the here and now, you can do a search online, and find out things for yourself, of far-fetched sounding theories, that have facts- hard, undeniable facts, backing them up, then why haven't the powers that are mentioned, not try and remove these posts, essays, and the people who post these things to the internet, like in movies, "The X-Files," et cetera? They most likely used to, but now, these powers, have most likely found it easier, to stay in the shadows where we consciously don't look, and let those who try and expose them, just end up looking foolish like Chicken Little, until the moment the Fox or Wolf, decides to make a "Turducken." It's that foolishness, that discredits the person exposing, and we just continue on our merry way, forgetting all about the shadows, as we always have. 

We are afraid to look in the dark, and for good reason- the dark holds too many atrocities, horrors, and worst of all, monsters- some of which, can get all the heart transplants they want, even if they were born, before we even went after Pancho Villa! It is up to us though, to fear only fear itself, and refute in the light, all that is done in the dark. 

There's a reason that "The Allegory of the Cave" is more relevant than ever now; it's just a matter of not getting blinded by the rage, fear, and rhetoric around us. I don't plan anytime soon, caving into the dangers of single stories, like Chimamanda Adiche said in her famous Oxford, England TEDTalk in 2009. Even she was guilty of it, but she recognized it, and overcame it:

TEDTalk - Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story

I leave you with a few important thoughts: 

One) Ask. Trust your gut instinct and ask. If it doesn't feel right, trust your gut and ask. 

Two) Read. Read things with structure, ideas, hope, and if fiction, a descent idea of what's right and wrong. Read all you can, and make good use of it in your lives. 

Three) "Stuff your eyes with wonder. Live as if you're going to drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories." - Ray Bradbury 

Four) For the love of all creation, teach yourself, people in your life who can't, your kids, and encourage those with kids, to learn how to write in cursive. Handwriting is an ever important skill to have; it has been, it is still, and always shall be, the most important way we'll communicate. Don't let handwriting, especially cursive, go the way of the Stagecoach, the Steam Locomotive, and face-to-face communication is right now! Heck, stop the death of human interaction in the real world while you're at it too.

That's my soapbox for now. Here's a little alarm clock (below the awesome cartoon of two of my favorite characters!) in closing- I ask you really, really don't hit the snooze button on this one; you may accidentally hit the football instead! 

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 Please, I implore you, be the change you want to see in the world, and please, be a change for the better. - Good night, and God bless.

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