Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, I have come to view human existence as an endurance test of human stupidity and coined the saying to remind myself to stay calm. I also realized that the greatest threats to my well-being come not from not evil actors, though there are many, but the global Army of Ignorance at their disposal. This Army of Ignorance are well-intended useful idiots who unintentionally harm others because they let these evil actors do their thinking for them as their “trusted god-like authorities.”
“Human existence is an endurance test of human stupidity.”
Unfortunately with the rise of AI and the Army of Ignorance blindly trusting it as a god-like authority, like they trusted the “Fact Checkers” and “The Science,” human stupidity is set to exponentially rise. It is always easier to outsource your thinking than to apply yourself, just like it is easier to sit down and watch TV eating McDonald’s than eating healthy and exercising. I am not against using AI and even used it to style this website’s theme, but I already had knowledge of HTML, CSS, and WordPress and can and have made modifications where I found necessary, and even disagreed with it. Of course in every instance I disagreed, the AI claimed I was 100% right, which will have great appeal to stupid people seeking external validation, by design. But most users might not even reach a point of disagreement, because lacking knowledge in topics they have no expertise in, they would not even know where to disagree. That is the whole point: AI is their savior that saves them from the difficult work of critical thought. I do write and organize all the content on this site myself though and would not trust AI with handling of truth considering who it is created by (more on that later). It is okay for handling menial tasks though.
I created this website, in a sense, as a rebellion against human ignorance and stupidity, to provide guidance for younger generations of the future who will wake up in an increasingly inferior and darker world masquerading as something enlightened and progressive, like it has been for many centuries already.
You probably noticed my tagline is the old Latin phrase, “Mundus vult decepi,” which means, “The world wants to be deceived.” With this in mind, I do not expect my website to reach mass appeal, and receive no personal benefit in publishing it, but quite the opposite. I am grateful to all those who spoke their truths and published their works before me, and those still alive and doing so now, since it gave me solace in a world where the lie is the rule rather than the exception.
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
– Arthur Schopenahuer