{"id":218715,"date":"2020-03-26T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=218715"},"modified":"2020-03-26T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:54:14","slug":"brave-new-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/26\/brave-new-society\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAVE NEW SOCIETY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time for us to hunker down and prepare ourselves for this dystopian-esque &#8216;brave new society&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What will this future society look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/458kubXy?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are already seeing vestiges of it right now, as we speak. It is a new society that is more focused with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Entertainment<\/li><li>Drugs<\/li><li>Alcohol<\/li><li>Porn<\/li><li>Anxiety, fear<\/li><li>Conquering existential dread<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huxley&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ia800306.us.archive.org\/24\/items\/ost-english-brave_new_world_aldous_huxley\/Brave_New_World_Aldous_Huxley.pdf\">Brave New World<\/a>&#8221; is a good primer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BRAVE NEW SOCIETY\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-rzFkldyZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things ain&#8217;t gonna go back to the way they used to be.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL? 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Once something has changed, it cannot go back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/A8nAFCmW?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don&#8217;t be afraid of the future. Instead, delight in it!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I AM LEGEND\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VkWTyLT0VZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, I feel like I&#8217;m living in a movie. 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