There is a real change in ability to focus due to phone use
I have witnessed it in myself and others who used to read books, but can no longer focus on them. I think that is "ADHD" more than any thing. It can be overcome by re-training the brain to read books again. Books dont move fast and light up, etc.so they seem static compared to video. But book reading does something very beneficial for the brain. I now make sure I read novels daily.
Similar to how TV affected us. Think they did a study on it with a name something like the MTV affect. MTV used that short span of attention and focus.
Nick Hudson said something that people didn't realize: social media was an invention of the intelligence agencies. I have talked about timelines in many instances, usually in comments to thought provoking articles like this one.
Timelines form due to mass expectation and perception, not to any event generated by an outside force. And chaos happens when several timelines form and exist simultaneously. This is why there is so much divisiveness.
To see this better, go to the other side of a timeline and see what is happening. Pick the timeline of the liberal white woman who hates the President and it isn't just a mere disagreement with policy, which is quite common even among his supporters. It is a visceral hatred, where violence is perceived by them to be a righteous response. Being visceral the action of these people are driven not by logic, but like a rabid dog who has lost cognitive function. The expectation of people on this timeline is that violence is OK, so those on this timeline frequently call for violence against the President and his supporters even if being able to identify one without interacting is nearly impossible without clothing or some other item that identifies the person as a supporter. The question remains, could this timeline be one the one that everyone perceives as reality?
I am if the opinion that so many timelines exist because there is generally less censorship even on X. I am not saying there is none, just that there is less than the covid years and before. Social media sets timeline expectation and the loss of control over social media by certain IC agencies is what enabled alternate better reality timelines to form in the first place. Censorship maintains one timeline over all other much smaller one that a few people inhabit. Censorship guarantees that only one will exist.
One thing that came out of this article is that going local is the answer. Local networks, locally grown food and suppliers. During the covid years this was nearly impossible because of mandates (not laws) that people CHOSE to follow because the price of not following was too high. Now that supply chains, especially global ones, have been disrupted (notice that Walmart is no longer the price leader), I expect more local ones to form over time. And this will lead to better decisions as there will be less of an incentive to use social media to get information and depend more upon 'the grapevine'.
I am not a Musk follower, but I am of the opinion that his takeover of Twitter is one of the events that led to these multiple timelines forming and causing people to learn how to discern and choose what is in their interest. And once you choose, that timeline becomes your reality.
You read Gulag Archipelago, right? Solzhenitsyn outlined how everyone had to read the state news sources to know what they were supposed to believe and everyone knew they were lies. To learn more functional narratives that they knew were not necessarily the truth but much closer to the truth than state versions, they relied on the grapevine. About as local as we can get.
I found PANDA somehow in the beginning of the covid debacle while trying to understand what was going on. I shared what I learned then, (lots of it being revealed now), but I was labeled the crazy one. While I'm reassured reading this, there are still many stubbornly clinging to the propaganda or telling me to "get over it, it was 5 years ago." Thanks for a great interview.
Excellent interview - both the questions posed and the answers provided. I'll definitely follow Hudson if for no other reason than this:
"All important truths are timeless."
But there are many other reason to heed this man as well. I too believe "local" is the way forward. It's where we live and work and can have the most impact. There is no changing of the system from within. But stepping outside it, in the ways mentioned, is the way forward.
An awesome article thank you unbekoming for posting. Thank you Nick reading books and knowing also that when they are shoving stuff down your throat, run the other way.
Excellent interview, I enjoyed reading it, and appreciate the tenor very much. I have been a life long pursuer of the truth about everything. Well done.
Thank you for the kind introductory words. The reason I invested so much time in this was that the questions were so artfully crafted.
A must read! Knowledge is Golden !
Thank you.
I'd never heard of Nick Hudson until today. A real banger!!
Absolutely great read! Thanks Nick.
PS: Jay Bhattacharya quit PANDA but Mike Yeadon didn't eh? Eye opening... 😉
Am posting this to X even though I have zero reach. Thanks again.
The fact that you are here and never heard of Nick Hudson speaks volumes. Imagine how many covid compliant folk ever heard of Nick.
There is a real change in ability to focus due to phone use
I have witnessed it in myself and others who used to read books, but can no longer focus on them. I think that is "ADHD" more than any thing. It can be overcome by re-training the brain to read books again. Books dont move fast and light up, etc.so they seem static compared to video. But book reading does something very beneficial for the brain. I now make sure I read novels daily.
Similar to how TV affected us. Think they did a study on it with a name something like the MTV affect. MTV used that short span of attention and focus.
Nick Hudson said something that people didn't realize: social media was an invention of the intelligence agencies. I have talked about timelines in many instances, usually in comments to thought provoking articles like this one.
Timelines form due to mass expectation and perception, not to any event generated by an outside force. And chaos happens when several timelines form and exist simultaneously. This is why there is so much divisiveness.
To see this better, go to the other side of a timeline and see what is happening. Pick the timeline of the liberal white woman who hates the President and it isn't just a mere disagreement with policy, which is quite common even among his supporters. It is a visceral hatred, where violence is perceived by them to be a righteous response. Being visceral the action of these people are driven not by logic, but like a rabid dog who has lost cognitive function. The expectation of people on this timeline is that violence is OK, so those on this timeline frequently call for violence against the President and his supporters even if being able to identify one without interacting is nearly impossible without clothing or some other item that identifies the person as a supporter. The question remains, could this timeline be one the one that everyone perceives as reality?
I am if the opinion that so many timelines exist because there is generally less censorship even on X. I am not saying there is none, just that there is less than the covid years and before. Social media sets timeline expectation and the loss of control over social media by certain IC agencies is what enabled alternate better reality timelines to form in the first place. Censorship maintains one timeline over all other much smaller one that a few people inhabit. Censorship guarantees that only one will exist.
One thing that came out of this article is that going local is the answer. Local networks, locally grown food and suppliers. During the covid years this was nearly impossible because of mandates (not laws) that people CHOSE to follow because the price of not following was too high. Now that supply chains, especially global ones, have been disrupted (notice that Walmart is no longer the price leader), I expect more local ones to form over time. And this will lead to better decisions as there will be less of an incentive to use social media to get information and depend more upon 'the grapevine'.
I am not a Musk follower, but I am of the opinion that his takeover of Twitter is one of the events that led to these multiple timelines forming and causing people to learn how to discern and choose what is in their interest. And once you choose, that timeline becomes your reality.
Thank you. Well examined and explained. Re-posted.
You read Gulag Archipelago, right? Solzhenitsyn outlined how everyone had to read the state news sources to know what they were supposed to believe and everyone knew they were lies. To learn more functional narratives that they knew were not necessarily the truth but much closer to the truth than state versions, they relied on the grapevine. About as local as we can get.
A brilliant thinker, interviewed by a brilliant writer. Many thanks ;)
So glad to read this. Nick has his head screwed on. Very wise and informative.
I found PANDA somehow in the beginning of the covid debacle while trying to understand what was going on. I shared what I learned then, (lots of it being revealed now), but I was labeled the crazy one. While I'm reassured reading this, there are still many stubbornly clinging to the propaganda or telling me to "get over it, it was 5 years ago." Thanks for a great interview.
Sent to my ‘almost an adult’ grandchildren as adult education. Show them through exposure, not just idea but everything. Aids in making better choices
Thank you to you and Nick H.
Nick’s voice of reason and clarity through the 2020 debacle and beyond has been invaluable and always so shareable with family and friends.
A great interview. Covers so much ground. Well worth reading.
Reading slowly and attentively is generally a wise idea,
but with a text like this it's a particular pleasure.
Even if it wasn't written at least half a century ago.
Excellent interview - both the questions posed and the answers provided. I'll definitely follow Hudson if for no other reason than this:
"All important truths are timeless."
But there are many other reason to heed this man as well. I too believe "local" is the way forward. It's where we live and work and can have the most impact. There is no changing of the system from within. But stepping outside it, in the ways mentioned, is the way forward.
Thanks for this Unbekoming!
Wow, such clear-headed wisdom! Thank you. I'm going to re-read and see if ANYTHING is remotely iffy..
An awesome article thank you unbekoming for posting. Thank you Nick reading books and knowing also that when they are shoving stuff down your throat, run the other way.
Excellent interview, I enjoyed reading it, and appreciate the tenor very much. I have been a life long pursuer of the truth about everything. Well done.