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Bloom's "Global Brain" And The Last Man On Earth
by Charles Carreon
July 12, 2013
One of the primary points that Howard Bloom made in his
book, “Global Brain” is that among
humans, social rejection sends us the same message as
certain chemical signals given
by the ancient colony-bacteria from which we evolved:
“You
are useless. Now please die.” From mere
isolation to toxic social media exchanges, from parental
rejection to sexual failure, all of these blows to positive
self-valuation — we take them to heart.
Bloom says that
sinking into depression in response to criticism is step one
on the road to self-annihilation, signaling
our immune system that the treasure of life it’s been
guarding is worthless, and there is no point in manning the
battlements. Soon, our cells will cease to defend themselves
against outside aggressors, and neglect the internal
rebuilding that is necessary to maintain our health and
assure our longevity. We buy the propaganda, and we go down.
Bloom cites a 1988 study of 1,814 children showing that 9-14
year-olds feared being shamed before peers more than almost
any other situation. Bloom cites a Harvard expert for the
conclusion “that humiliation was one of the most common
causes of childhood and teen suicide.”
As wave after wave of hate-speech is unleashed against the
target of a DIRA,
they must take Bloom seriously, or the consequences will be
grave. It is not healthy to absorb the impact of all that
ill-will, or even the smallest fraction of it. As the fog
of nastiness swirls about them, infiltrating every corner of
their lives, they should realize that duct tape and sheets
of plastic will not be enough for this situation. Gloves,
respirators, and full body suits are going to be required. It
is, indeed, bad crazy. Merely breathing the exhalations of
zombies can be lethal. Take no chances. First off, don’t
Google yourself, or any other topic that’s going to expose
you to the mountain of ugly speech associated with your
name, unless you have to for purposes of litigation. If
you’re doing it for litigation, keep professional distance
while you’re handling the material, and scrub yourself
psychologically with exercise and meditation afterwards.
Like Vincent Price in “The Last Man on
Earth,” who survived night after night of zombie onslaughts, the
author of this post owes his survival to precautionary
measures, taken in broad daylight against the forces of
darkness that, in my case, prowl not the external night, but
rather, the dark spaces of the Internet.
Like Vincent Price in “The Last Man on Earth,” who survived night after night of zombie onslaughts,
the author of this post owes his survival to precautionary measures, taken in broad daylight against the forces of darkness that, in my case, prowl not the external night, but rather, the dark spaces of the Internet.
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