True, to a rational mind, the insult and slander that I have committed against you is a distraction from the debate and the pursuit of truth ... but since when

True, to a rational mind, the insult and slander that I have committed against you is a distraction from the debate and the pursuit of truth ... but since when did we become rational creatures? The value of truth was always an illusion to which we paid but lip-service; the deeper nature of reality is that our world; our society is built on nothing more than lies and delusion. Say something often enough and it becomes true through repetition and memory. Say it vehemently enough and you gain followers, mouthpieces for your message. Rationality and critical thinking are myths. For all practical purposes they do not exist. So, I say it again. Technology is a lever. Over time, it amplifies pre-existing power relationships. Good becomes great, bad becomes evil. Which is which? We cannot tell. Both are banal; grey; undifferentiated. Where subservient relationships exist, they become entrenched; the vulnerable, exposed. In terms of dynamics, basins of stability become inverted; hills pushing the world-state towards extrema, old arrangements; unbalanced. Information is power; control the information, control the ideas, control the people. I wish it were not so. I wish that this fatalistic voice; this persona of doom; an expression of my darkest fears ... I wish that it were not so readily adopted. I wish that it were more clearly "playing the fool" ... but my wishes are confounded by a great and dreadful uncertainty ... I wish that my cry could be: "Hail the brave", but my doubts cloud my mind... so I sink to playing petty, trivialising language-games, because I no longer know what matters and what does not ...