We are intolerant of difference.

I lifted, and adapted, the following riff from my [as yet] unpublished book 'Memes'. We live in a mind-bubble of 'sameness'. We think the same. We claim we want the same things – we want 'social justice' and yet we have no idea how to deliver it. We promote the same political agendas for government, media, education, workplaces, the arts, sports, etc. We have become robots. We are driven by our shared 'fear' of difference. We have become intolerant of difference. We scorn deviants. We shun misfits. And. We protect 'conformity'. We are frightened by our own shadow. We are a non-thinking species. We are too predictable to survive. We are inept at 'social evolution'. Social evolution on Earth has stalled due to 'the breakdown of trust' between people of all creeds. Trust between individuals, tribes, and communities has been the key to social progress. However. Today there is a concerted effort being mounted to replace trust with rules. Life today is governed by rules not by trust. This is not a sustainable human condition. Orwell warned us about the dangers that lie hidden in this approach to our future. Perhaps. We need a worm-hole that can transport us into a very different future [see photo]. Richard