Check this out. Guess our society has its priorities all messed up.

Been semi-depressed as of late about the reality outside these walls. The problems all around us as a species are staggering. Look around. It's all in turmoil. Not just here (where we are supposed to be the epitome of civilization), but all over the world. 

I've spent hours wondering about the state of things only to be overcome by the enormity of situation. I just didn't see any way to get the mental competency needed to chip away at the problems in any meaningful way.

But I just realized that perhaps two aspects of my life can serve to assist me; perhaps they are already.

I am beginning to master time and space. 

Time I have experienced for a significant number of years. I have experimented with it for many years. I have reached a point in my experience where I can control its flow around me. (I hate the fact that I didn't realize I had this ability a couple of years ago. I could have used it then and K would still be here. I could have held her in near stasis while the medical world outside our bubble skyrockets in understanding to where we hit the time they found an antidote to her illness.)

My mastery of space is harder to explain because space itself is such a multifaceted part of reality. Different levels. Each of which is mind blowing. 

Most recently, I've been thinking about systems. They are like insects in their diversity and number. They are everywhere. Everywhere! So many systems. And all of those disparate system combine into larger and larger systems. A bazillion bubbles of systems. Foam on the wave of space sweeping us along.

Of particular interest are systems out of equilibrium as discussed by Ilya Prigogene in his book. In addition to the physical chemical systems he studied, I think his ideas could apply to social systems as well. To see examples of social systems out of equilibrium, check out any newspaper, the web, TV. So many systems jostling one another. 

The bifurcation is coming.