Times are such that everyone wants to be "safe", and eliminate all risk from their lives.
There is a fundamental flaw in this kind of approach. Everything that you do has a consequence or reaction, and going to any one extreme will result in unforeseen outcomes.
Let's take a few examples.
In any gated community in Bangalore today, there are security systems and apps so that no one enters without prior approval. The place is kept insulated from any outside influence. Things have come to such a pass that people panic if someone rings their doorbell. Children cycle on the podium which is a vehicle free zone, on bicycles with extra wheels so that they don't fall, wearing helmets and knee pads!
How well adjusted will the children growing up in this environment be, and how will they cope with the outside world tomorrow? Forget children, I see a reluctance among adults staying in these communities to cope with the world outside. Slowly, we are losing the ability to cope.
Vaccines are taken for every flu, with annual "updates". Now vaccines, like every drug, have side effects. In the case of vaccines, the vaccine itself is a shitload of poisons being dumped directly into your bloodstream. We think this will keep us "safe"! What is actually happening is, we are losing our natural immunity, every vax we take weakens it, and we are reaching a state where we are convinced that a common cold is a deadly illness to run away from. We are weakening by the day, and we are slowly losing the ability to cope.
Parents get paranoid if their children are missing for ten minutes or step out of the gated enclave. Contrast this with the way we grew up, our parents didn't even know where we were at any time, and there were no phones then. "Oh no," you say, "the world is much more dangerous now... etc etc". Sure. Maybe. I don't know. But I do know this. That world is the world our children are going to step into. If the animal that has been raised in a zoo is suddenly released into the wild, it goes and gets itself killed. Our children are slowly losing their ability to cope.
Most parents do not want their children to drive a motorbike, they directly want to graduate them to cars. Reason? Motorbikes are not safe. Sure, I can't dispute that, but can you really insulate yourself and your children from all the risk out there?
Slowly, we are losing the ability to cope. We are now reaching a stage where even the normal problems of day to day life seem like unsurmountable challenges. We are beset by germs from all sides. Thieves are forever ready to break into our homes. There is danger in the air! Safety, we need to be conscious of safety! There is danger all around.
See, I told you, we need to be careful. Vigilant. Forever on guard. Fearful.
There you go. That state of mind is a self fulfilling prophecy.
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