All Genius is the Same Child Wonder

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What is the difference between an obsession and an addiction? Well, don’t bother to answer, really. These terms are relative, as everything is a variation of the All. It is like the frequency variations envisioned by Nicola Tesla, where the philosophy of an electrical universe may be invariably applied to all manner of considerable dualities, albeit, trinities. Consider the minds of two great thinkers, namely Nicola Tesla and H. P. Lovecraft. What is the difference between the two geniuses? No, wait. Do not answer too quickly, for such is a rather vague and broad question. More precisely, we should examine the message of the minds we are drawing comparisons from. Let us consider H. P. Lovecraft first.

Mr. Lovecraft focused on the idea that humanity was a joke left behind by the gods, or the Great Old Ones. In the author’s own words--albeit these are words of fiction, but let us borrow the general philosophy here—he describes mankind as living on a placid island of ignorance in a sea of infinity (never ending darkness). This is a message of horror and terror, but in its heart, in the very core of this fictitious fabrication of the truth, there is the child-like wonder of the cosmos.

Now, considering Nicola Tesla we have the same child-like wonder, a man who as a boy was fascinated by lightning and thunderstorms, and who created toys powered by insects when he was but a child. Tesla’s greatest message may have been that he wanted mankind to be able to understand and make the attempt to comprehend the universe. In Tesla’s own words he describes the universe as energy, frequency, and vibration. Moreover, Tesla wanted to provide free energy to the entire planet, and provide a means to prevent invasion of nations by arming all nations with the one weapon to bring down planes or sink ships (His infamous death ray). And while Tesla was vilified for his death ray, most people overlook the fact that Einstein’s idea of an atomic bomb is far more destructive, and is generally adverse to the environment—albeit, disruptive to the life energy of the planet. And we are seeing the results for this disastrous energy source today (Fukushima, and before that Chernobyl, and so on).

Returning our attention to the question (What is the difference between Tesla and Lovecraft?), one must address the purpose of such a question before answering it in full. Before we enter into the pursuit of drawing comparisons, first accept the fact that we are already concluding that the two are similar (part of the All). No one draws comparisons between things that are completely different, say apples and sports cars, for example. This wouldn’t interest us. And so, we can understand our minds a bit more by looking at how we draw comparisons (Consider the presidential elections when you wish to understand this).

In truth, these two geniuses are part of the infinite All, the great truth that, nothing in the universe is completely isolated or detached. All things are manifest of the All. And the All is One. Tesla’s story is really the one story that Lovecraft was writing or dreaming of in his own mind. We could bring Einstein into the consideration as well, and say that the wonders of all three of these men are the same. Rather, all such geniuses embark on a venture, whether internally driven or externally drawn. The difference is in the delivery of the message. Lovecraft, while in love with a rather Gothic or macabre wonderland, delivered a message of despairing horror. Yet, his attempt to horrify has not shunned his readers away. Why is this? (I’ve read nearly everything written by Lovecraft, and I’ve listened to a number of his audio books before sleeping, and yet I’m not tormented in my dreams nor am I horrified). I believe the answer is simple: Child-like wonder.

The same truth is applicable to Nicola Tesla. Yet, Tesla delivered a message of hope. Tesla was a child of light, as his mother had said he would be during a lightning storm (Tesla’s mother believed her son would be born a child of light, while others had taken the lightning as a bad omen).

We are all of us centers of consciousness, and within us (deeper down and more obscured in some people) is that wondering and dreaming mystic. In pursuit of this genius within one must first have that child-like wonder.

  

The Future of the Industrial Age or the Zombie Apocalypse?

Welcome to the next industrial age - the third industrial revolution, to be precise. And where are we at with this transition, you may very well ask? Apparently in the doldrums as far as the Western world is concerned. Well, at least on the larger scale things do not look very good. But, yes, of course there are few here and there who are doing quite well for themselves; That is, until the hordes of zombies come battering down the glass doors where you work, and before you know it the place is shoulder-to-shoulder with the stench of the restless, stretching from the lobby to the elevator corridor. As you peer down from your bird’s eye view of the city streets below, you feel a trembling in the foundations of your once tranquil executive suite. Think that’s too far off from the truth? Take a better look at the major cities in the U.S.A., and think again.

Where are we really headed?

As far as the technology buffs are concerned, we are headed toward a new world order backed by a superior and technologically savvy generation. But, is this really true? And if it is true, can you quantify for us the division between those who are with the technocracy and those who are left behind? While you are at it, factor in those who simply will not and cannot merge with such fast changing powers.

Now, all negatives aside there are certainly some serious benefits from the emerging new industrial revolution which will bring back (or at least have the potential to return key assets to the United States infrastructure) the business of building products in the homeland. For one, we know that the costs of storage and shipping will disappear over time with new methods of practice, such as the growing technology of additive manufacturing or three-dimensional printing (Similarly to the paperless office concept, and the transition from paperbacks to e-books, the additive manufacturing process will evolve the way we do business, and the way we live our lives in general).

As a technical writer (Or at least when I was actively working as a technical writer) the emerging additive manufacturing technology is a golden opportunity to sink my teeth into. I love the prospects and the potential for such power! The very notion that robotics will drive our freight and cargo ships remotely one day as a standard practice, coupled with the onboard fabrication laboratory, is outstanding in the area of engineering. I believe these kinds of technology will save lives as much as they will destroy them. While an island somewhere has just been devastated by a super typhoon or high category hurricane, these robotic cargo ships will one day dock alongside the island in distress, and begin drawing in washed up materials from the devastated island, and go to work remaking the post offices, the houses, the cars, the food, the medicines, and everything else needed by use of onboard fabrication laboratories.

However, the darker side to this transition from the old industrial methods to the new digitally delivered manufacturing technology will ensure many layoffs. Perhaps, this is even an understatement. Consider how terribly destroyed Detroit, Michigan is today. Some buildings are rumored to have been up for sale for literally a dollar. That’s one dollar, folks! Shear devastation.

But, now, go ahead and ask yourself why anyone who wasn’t directly disturbed by this disaster in economics should be bothered by the losses of others. I have an answer, which is rather simple. Those people who cannot move forward with the new process/ procedures of a technological advancement will turn to crime if not only despair. This is the zombie apocalypse television has so glorified for many Americans still able to afford cable or satellite television. As for the others who cannot afford to enjoy the same entertainment, they’re struggling in tent cities, and they’re very hungry, and very, very angry.

So, what can be done about these issues in a transition of such magnitude?

For one, we can start by reestablishing our structure of education in the United States. My concept of refurbishing the old system for a newer one began when I was a little boy. Of course, those in the industry at the time were not interested in my experiences at the time. However, today’s software and I.T. techs are listening to what I’ve been writing about for the past eight years. And it goes something like this… I didn’t like to read when I was a six year old. I couldn’t stand reading little words without the pictures. Yet, when I encountered my first role-playing game, and later my Commodore 64 computer’s text-based games, I began to take on reading and looking up new words as a serious hobby of interest.

What I’d propose is that we get rid of the outrageous tuition fees and overpriced textbooks (Thank you, Bernie Sanders!), and then establish an as-needed or need-to-know learning based system. Such a system can be implemented by the genius computer geeks today! Not tomorrow! Today!!! It can be done. It should be done.

Let us look at the areas where such a system would save lives.

Well, we already know that the prerequisite classes in a typical community college require the reading of much unneeded or irrelevant information. True as well, that while some teachers provide a certain gift of insight, there others who do not offer very good practice in the profession. For example, I had a history teacher who told me that Henry David Thoreau was a vile man, and then she went on to say that we would instead study America’s most fashionable woman in the White House for a better understanding of American History. Ugh. Agenda, agenda, agenda. And you know that even some of the best intentions can go awry. For instance, the entire white guilt trip was said to be necessary to create a program for minorities. The truth is, there are many minorities who have done just fine without the social engineering or political tinkering. Computers, my dear friends, can do it all for us. We don’t need the old and outdated educational system.

So, here’s what we’d do if someone who was once a dice cutter operator or a mill worker… We’d give these people access to zero money down classes through a series of highly interactive computer programs, which would teach the new job trade to the former industrial worker.

While this idea for reforming education might not apply to all people who have been made poor and unemployed, it does answer for many more than what we are currently doing about the problem—which is ‘nothing’. As yourself this… If we are gifted with intelligence, an ounce of guts, a pinch of intuition, then are we not somehow in demand to fix some of the worst issues our society is facing? So, why are we not getting this done? You tell me. I can understand that there are certain factors which bar a society from taking action. For instance, in the East there is the factor of tradition. Tradition does indeed slow down change. In the West, however, the factors are money and greed, and a general insincerity to make actual change.

We need people looking at these problems from all angles.