A meaning crisis happens when the existing story or philosophy that drives a society no longer resonates or makes sense to people. This can happen as we learn more and expand our knowledge collectively, or even as we evolve in what we feel is important to us.
These types of cultural evolutions have occurred for millennia, and right now is not all that different. Simply put, the story that has driven modern society for decades is dying and that comes with a great deal of symptoms.
Predictably, some view the mass exodus from mainstream media as a misplaced loss of trust in institutions driven by ‘fake news’ online and growing polarization. This is common. There have always been those within an evolution who hold onto the old story even as it makes no sense.
I think back to when I first began publishing alternative ideas around public events in 2009. We were of a few who questioned things like the safety of Monsanto products, the trustworthiness of Big Pharma, or whether or not we were being told the truth about major events like 9/11, wars or subjects like UFOs and consciousness.
Back then, we were aggressively attacked as pseudoscientific, fringe conspiracy theorists - even when it came to subjects that are common knowledge today. Many of the things we published back then are now the popular ideas discussed by major influencers today, including mainstream media.
Things like Big Pharma knowingly creating the opioid problem and getting regulators on their side during the process. UFOs being covered up by governments is now a mainstream idea, and inquiring about the topic doesn’t mean you’re fringe and unhinged anymore. The subject of consciousness has moved from culty pseudoscientific nonsense to one major universities are publishing research on.
Back in the day,
we’d get smashed with heavy judgements and fake news strikes for
questioning 9/11, but now big YouTube influencers can freely talk about
it and get good reach primarily because it’s less frowned upon....<<<Read More>>>...