fear

humans have such a futile fear of death that dominates them to the point of maudlain distraction so life becomes a depressed mourning or irrational panic instead of the celebration it can be... maybe that is why the culture developed as it did with most waking hours so busy with distraction called work so the fears and panic and depression don't push the self-destruction buttons in our nature... movies seem to love to portray the irrational fears (and knowing is a good example) and actions people take when faced with their fears of the unknown... and of course there is always the gun, as if a gun can protect them from anything... but the fears block the understanding, fear shrinks the mind and limits the ability to understand to the point of creating delusions that comfort on the surface (as long as no one challenges the delusions) because the unknown (or the possibility that life and consciousness is finite and there is no purpose for anything) is just too scary to accept as reality... what if we were fearless?...

everything is all a matter of perspective, after all...

random?...

narf :)