We have become an extremely boring world. The days of adventure and personal challenge are fading away, replaced by something we have grown accustomed to calling “happiness.”
We sanitize everything that might pose a risk, and everything that was once exciting or challenging. We spend our time almost fleetingly between two simple emotional states: between what is pleasant and what is comfortable.
And we are passing this on to our children. Notice the differences in today’s playgrounds compared to what we had in our childhood. A slide that used to be thrilling has been stripped of any part that might cause discomfort or present a challenge. In a frantic struggle to make everything so sterile, so safe, and so predictable, we have ended up trapping ourselves in this empty, hollow labyrinth.
We are entering what Nietzsche calls the age of the “last man.” In the book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", the author argues that we are entering an era in which humanity no longer challenges itself to dream or take risks.
A time when we do not want to step outside our comfort zone, our routine, our mortgage, our monthly bills, and our respectable jobs.
He writes that we are very close to a time when no man will give birth to a star.
The creative and hardworking spirit that brought humanity to where it is today has begun to consume itself. To enter into self-destruction.
We are so completely obsessed with our own introspection and our lack of self-confidence that we never set out on a project that challenges us.
We are too busy debating concepts and philosophies, and we can’t seem to get to the practical side of things.
We think and hesitate. We chatter and ramble, but we don’t move forward. We argue and come up with excuses for everything, but we lack the courage to take that step into the unknown.
We go to work every day at a job that’s comfortable, that doesn’t fully fulfill us, and that we don’t really care about.
We might even admit to taking a few small risks, but always with a safety net beneath us.
That is why the “lowest of humanity” wants the same thing and expects the same. They want nothing more than what they have, but only what others have… Neither more nor less. A true stagnation and a mindset of stagnation.
And since we all want the same thing, we end up becoming “the same.”
We create a world of comfort, and a life without difficulties leads to a natural and obvious boredom.
Of course, I’m not talking about parts of the planet where people have to struggle to survive, and where their very existence is constantly under attack from external forces.
Whenever we settle down, we let our guard down. Whenever we compromise and let our minds wander to trivial ideas and conversations, a small part of humanity stops dreaming. It stops giving birth to stars. And it prepares to simply sleep... in a comfortable, warm bed.
Let me share this true ode to music, which is somehow fitting for this post.
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