The Narrative of Control

Have you ever wondered who allows everything to remain the same? Who benefits from nothing changing? It is not power. It is not anyone out there. It's us. We are the ones who accept that they take the world where they want, because it's easier to obey than to think, more comfortable to look the other way than to question, and safer to repeat what they say than to risk discovering what lies behind. The system is something we carry within us, internalized due to the repetition of ideas we receive from an early age. Often out of fear of rejection and of others seeing that we think differently. Then the years go by, and at a certain point in our lives we look back and realize that we have followed a path that was not the one we wanted. The good part about all this is that it is never too late to open your mind and see the world from a critical perspective, no matter what others think.If Nikola Tesla had worried about fitting in, today there would be no radio, no alternating current, and no modern world as we know it. Giordano Bruno refused to remain silent and was burned alive in Ancient Rome, preferring to die rather than betray what he knew. But if it weren't for him, today we would not be thinking about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. If those who doubted before us had obeyed, today we would still be living in darkness, believing that it is normal.None of the advances we now take for granted came about because they were the accepted norm. They came about because of people who didn't need anyone's approval and who chose to be singled out rather than live in submission.You don't have to believe everything you read in this book, nor do you need an external message to change your perception; you will get that message yourself."Every time we tell the truth, we create the possibility of change."- Julian Assange