No More Badews

Copyright (c) 2009 Willie HortonWe recently read a story on BBCews' international website about a town called Bend in Oregon. The article described how the town had boomed as an upmarket resort and desirable retirement location during the boom years which preceded the world economic setback which started in September 2009. In graphic detail, the writer reported on how the once highly-upmarket residential developments areow pockmarked with half-built shells, abandoned construction equipment and dusty weeded-over empty lots. The writer described how a once wealthy construction business owner, who had owned three houses at the height of the boom, wasow living in a homeless shelter.It'sot the first article of its kind that We have read over the last few months. Indeed,ews websites have been chronicling ordinary people's hardships in gory detail for months on end. It seems, as always, badews makes a good story. By comparison, feel good stories are few and far between - how people are rising above their economic woes is almost invisible in the media. What kind of sick minds repeatedly want us to consume disturbing information about real people's problems You may find that question a little "in your face" but the problem is, from a long-term study of the way society works, constantly feeding us badews exerts a measure of control on us - in consuming constantegative reportage, we subliminally self-satisfy ourselves that we are OK - we're "not too bad" - so there'so point in trying to rise above thatormal level of "not-too-bad" - we could be worse off.We don't say this as some kind of throwaway remark - psychological research over the last hundred years has explored, in depth, the extent to which societalorms makeormal people of us. Indeed, when asking the question as to the kind of sick minds that wish to constantly feed usegativeews, the question might be more appropriately put - what kind of sick minds constantly want to feed off other people's badews What kind of people take delight in reading the dirty gossip on those in the public eye What kind of sick minds watch the "reality" TV shows about road rage,eighbours from hell We could go on and on.The answer to all those questions is simply "Normal People".ormal people are simply those that abide by theorms of society. You might think that this is a good thing - surely otherwise we'd have chaos and anarchy. But it is a bad thing. A few scientific facts will allow me elaborate.ormal people use almostone of their mental capacity - it is estimated, in fact, thatormal people only use 1% of their mental capability.ormal people only perceive what they expect to perceive. Given that they are constantly fedegativeews and how otherormal people are living, their field of perception is constrained to a veryarrow focus - one whereothing spectacular will ever happen in their lives.ormal people behave and react automatically, based on their internal condition

No More Badews