As it was stated in Unraveling and in your writing, majority of the US population will not become suicidal or homicidal by what we watch, listen to, or subjected to in our environment, but my thought is where is the “off button” per se? As a parent, I feel like I’m one man against the world of influence into my children’s lives. I’m ou…
As it was stated in Unraveling and in your writing, majority of the US population will not become suicidal or homicidal by what we watch, listen to, or subjected to in our environment, but my thought is where is the “off button” per se? As a parent, I feel like I’m one man against the world of influence into my children’s lives. I’m out numbered. I can’t compete nor keep up. What one person’s family values and morals are, is interrogated every minute of the day. My influence into shaping and molding my children into good, healthy, caring members of society is extremely watered down by the time I get the info to them. It’s a very thin line of balance as to how much I allow them to intake our societal views that are within my control. How much and which things to view on TV, the same goes for music, internet, and friends. People are bombarded with stimulus and noise to the point when they don’t have an electronic device, they don’t know how to handle it. It’s an electronics addiction. What I’ve noticed is that people today are uncomfortable with being alone, by themselves, without noise. I realized the more I pull away from societal norms, the more affirmation I receive that my thoughts are mostly correct. I have a flip phone, with no internet or texting, I watch limited TV and don’t go to the movies, I don’t listen to music much either. I noticed I crave the quite, to be alone with my thoughts. Most of the population will not be suicidal/homicidal, while a small percent will, but this bombardment of desensitization to harmful material in all forms is a contributing factor to what we witness today. It all feels like it’s above my pay grade and the people who do care are out voted by those who produce the harmful material. I hope I make sense. These are just thoughts I’ve had bouncing in my mind for more than ten years. Majority of the time, I keep these thoughts and worries to myself, as I realized it’s not going to change. We are a self-destructive species. I just try my best, which I fail often, not to add to this chaos, nor to allow my children to partake. Thank you and Jocko for your take on the current state of violence in our society and the world. It’s comforting to know, my similar views and thoughts are not alone.
As it was stated in Unraveling and in your writing, majority of the US population will not become suicidal or homicidal by what we watch, listen to, or subjected to in our environment, but my thought is where is the “off button” per se? As a parent, I feel like I’m one man against the world of influence into my children’s lives. I’m out numbered. I can’t compete nor keep up. What one person’s family values and morals are, is interrogated every minute of the day. My influence into shaping and molding my children into good, healthy, caring members of society is extremely watered down by the time I get the info to them. It’s a very thin line of balance as to how much I allow them to intake our societal views that are within my control. How much and which things to view on TV, the same goes for music, internet, and friends. People are bombarded with stimulus and noise to the point when they don’t have an electronic device, they don’t know how to handle it. It’s an electronics addiction. What I’ve noticed is that people today are uncomfortable with being alone, by themselves, without noise. I realized the more I pull away from societal norms, the more affirmation I receive that my thoughts are mostly correct. I have a flip phone, with no internet or texting, I watch limited TV and don’t go to the movies, I don’t listen to music much either. I noticed I crave the quite, to be alone with my thoughts. Most of the population will not be suicidal/homicidal, while a small percent will, but this bombardment of desensitization to harmful material in all forms is a contributing factor to what we witness today. It all feels like it’s above my pay grade and the people who do care are out voted by those who produce the harmful material. I hope I make sense. These are just thoughts I’ve had bouncing in my mind for more than ten years. Majority of the time, I keep these thoughts and worries to myself, as I realized it’s not going to change. We are a self-destructive species. I just try my best, which I fail often, not to add to this chaos, nor to allow my children to partake. Thank you and Jocko for your take on the current state of violence in our society and the world. It’s comforting to know, my similar views and thoughts are not alone.