If you’ve been on the Internet at all today, then you probably noticed that much of the online community is on full mobilization today to Reset the Net. All of this came about because one person sought to shine light on some extreme mindsets that are changing our very way of life. But he’s not the only one to have done this, though he is definitely the name of the moment as his actions have eclipsed many who came before him. The names are only important as sources of inspiration to not just do good, but to be good, which is no small feat in today’s world of “legality” that is little more than who can get away with the most by twisting words to their breaking point.
We’re seeing examples everyday of institutions who are using the words of law to claim that what they do is right. But right has become a word of empty meaning as people make it fit one specific situation while their entire groundwork of actions breaks foundations which held us all higher. Uniforms have become straight-jackets. Titles have become pedestals. And meaning has all but disappeared into a shadow world that obfuscates.
There are people who want to Reset the Net, but they also realize that this is a symptom to a hidden disease that evades the light of knowledge. We are in a moment of time when people everywhere are seeking to reset the world. They seek to do so because the world that we thought we knew was merely a puppet show of propriety – a world where pageantry diminishes spirit.
Those who use morality from books usually fail to understand the intent of those words, in the context of when they were written and by whom. Even if those words come from a higher source, there is always context. Which means that the world is not black and white as so many people would have you believe, but also bathed in many shades in between. And all of these shades and colors have meaning, which when brought together, gets us all closer to the universal truths.
One of the best ways to reset the world is to first learn about it. Learn about all that is visible and invisible in the world. Learn about people. Learn about what they believe in and how they live. Learn about what they have created for the past, present, and future. Learn about alternatives. Learn about compromise. Whatever you do – just keep learning. Because each new bit of knowledge that you gain will help to create a puzzle piece that fits somewhere in this world. And each of us will make a multitude of these puzzle pieces that, when put together, just might successfully reset the world in more meaningful ways that will impact us all.
First, Reset the Net because the actions of a few are having profoundly devastating affects on how we live today. …And More – Reset the World so that we can live a life that respects the spirit of the words as well as the words.
Here’s a few great starting point towards understanding why so many want to Reset the Net:
EFF – On 6/5, 65 Things We Know About NSA Surveillance That We Didn’t Know One Year Ago
Fight for the Future – Reset the Net Privacy Pack
Guardian – NSA Files coverage
Now go search for your own knowledge about the world. Read the news stories (including those smaller international ones) to understand why our world is the way it is. It’s out there on the current iteration on the Net. Whether that stays the same is up to you and me.
What kind of world do you want to live in?
…just asking
