Willingly or not, you and I navigate through a world of
gigabytes. But lets not forget those once-upon- a-time gigglebites.
Here's the difference. Gigabytes are how we describe our 24/7 mass of
information. Gigglebites are how we translate all this information for
ourselves. The first is part of the new digital age; the second is part
of our old human nature. You know...trying to figure out complicated
stuff by the use of uncomplicated captions.
For instance, giggly
captions we stick on public figures in order to
label-them-so-we-don't-have-to-take-the-time-to-understand-them. Romney:
Job Cutting Capitalist! Obama: Islamic Socialist! LeBron James:
Follow the Money Traitor! John Edwards: Wife Cheater! Mel Gibson: Jew
Hater! Paris Hilton: Young Fool! The Pope: Old Fool!
It's easy
to see how handy Gigglebites can be. No need to bother with the person's
past contributions, current visions, or their place in the overall
society. We already know them for what they are. Period, end of
discussion!
Are there any upbeat Gigglebites...? Well, yes there
are. Steven Spielberg: Genius! Donald Trump: Rich! Johnny Carson:
Icon! Caroline Kennedy: Camelot!
The computer age is stuffing
our brain circuitry with so much stuff every hour of every day that the
circuitry has to scale back enough not to crash. Captioning people has
been one of humanity's handiest and more honored strategies. And that's
not likely to ever change.
But if any truth-seekers out there
want to try, Carl Jung's advice sounds like a good place to begin:
"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the
darknesses of others..." Nothing giga nor giggly about that injunction!
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