Beyond Realism and Utopianism
I don’t consider myself a realist, because realism often begins with the assumption that the world must stay roughly as it is. Nor am I anti-utopian, because I believe it is not only possible but necessary to imagine a world better than the one, we inherited. My vision/thought experiment may appear utopian from the surface, yet it is rooted in a simple faith — that humanity can evolve consciously, beyond wage slavery and unconscious survival, into a way of life shaped by awareness rather than compulsion. This is not an escape from reality, but an invitation to expand it.
🧭 My Worldview
I’ve come to see humanity itself as a ship with no captain—drifting, reacting, adapting, but never evolving consciously. What we call civilization is mostly just layers of reactive behavior: survival instincts, greed, fear, and tribal thinking dressed up in policy, politics, and marketing.
We are not led by wisdom—but rather, we are pulled by the invisible hand of a blind superorganism, a collective momentum that emerged from evolution, not intention.
Power or freedom doesn’t lie with the people—it lies with systems, with oligarchs, with feedback loops (or Algorithms) too big to fight.
And the individual? Often just a pawn in a cosmic game of absurdity, making peace with powerlessness by pretending their tiny wins are freedom.
🎯 The Big Question No one Seems to Ask
What is the shared end goal of humanity?
- Is there one?
- Has anyone tried to define it?
- Can 8 billion people agree on anything, let alone evolve toward a shared, uplifting purpose?
Instead, we drift.
We argue.
We cope.
And the machine continues to spin on.
📜 My Manifesto
In my mind, I don’t accept the way life has ended up being structured for most of us. I believe the default way most of us are forced to live—trading the majority of our time and energy for wages just to survive—is not a natural or acceptable way of being. I reject the idea that we must depend on others, or on corporate systems, just to access the basic resources of life. To me, this is not freedom; it’s modern, normalized captivity.
This wage slavery model—where we spend the bulk of our waking lives dependent on employers, stuck in routines we didn’t choose, performing roles that barely serve our own values—is not acceptable to me.
I don’t want to build my life around economic fear, time scarcity, or someone else’s definition of success.
And I believe most people don’t want that either—they’ve just been conditioned to accept it as normal.
If you think I’m being unreasonable, I’d actually love to hear why. Because if not wanting to live in psychological and financial captivity is radical, then maybe it’s time we question what we’ve accepted as “reasonable.”
Here, I will also mention that one thing that frustrates me as much as it saddens me is that sometimes these ideas of mine may unsettle or provoke the very people I’m trying to speak for; many will misunderstand, resist, or even lash out. Sometimes it almost makes me wonder if it’s better to just let the sleeping dogs sleep.
🔥 Why I Still Write
Despite all this, I’m not giving up.
Because clarity—even without guaranteed solutions—is better than unconscious submission. I’m going with the attitude that it’s worth saying what needs to be said—for whoever’s ready to listen.
So, this book, and my journey, is a refusal to sleepwalk.
Let’s carry on to the next chapter, where we’ll now start peeling back the layers of the pyramid itself, the system that quietly feeds on our time and spirit.
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