"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” Will you hear his call?

                                  WEEK REFLECTION: I Heard the Call of the Old One

This week, I thought about the dream that never will be. The idea of the internet and social media is such a seductive concept that it can be enshrined by Zeus with the constellations. Sharing knowledge, experiences, and your very well with those worldwide is fascinating. The platonic idea here is to create a collective emergence of knowledge unbound by time, geography, social conditions, credentials, etc. 

Social media is to be the Bitcoin of the intellect. However, a chain is as strong as its weakest link. Looking for inspiration and discussion, I found an overwhelming majority of vitriol, stupidity, and prattle. It was very difficult to not get sucked into debating lunatics on Four Chan and Reddit. Oh, the Flat Earth people....Oh, the religious freaks that see prophecy on a tortilla. So hard to resist. 

The problem is that lunacy is a part of human development, as one of my posts argues, and is an inherent aspect of our existentialism. As life is convoluted and crazy, so are its expressions online. 

Do I need more of it?