12-01-2018, 12:04 PM
Another dream I had. Rather cohesive, not at all random.
It's the future and technology has gotten to the point where people's potential is predicted and overall happiness is measured in a series of specific calculations through computers. There are two groups. The intellectuals who are granted access to higher paid jobs such as lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. Then the farmers, trade workers, more physical labor oriented individuals. In the dream I'm hanging out with a physical labor guy who attempts to pass a test to be upgraded to the intellectual group. Upon completion he goes to the head guy and is very excited. However this head guy does things at his own discretion and has ultimate say. He says that based on the test he does pass, but he won't grant him access because he doesn't feel like it.
I get angry and confront this head guy. First I start yelling at him. But then I switch to a more diplomatic/convincing approach. I talk about the subconscious mind and he scoffs, claiming it isn't real and is a figment of imagination. I tell him people's potential isn't written in stone, it's adaptable flexible, ever changing. You can't quantify it in a series of calculations and assume you know what's best for their happiness. Once you plant that seed in their head at a young age, base an entire system around that that is self reinforcing, you generate beliefs in the subconscious that people follow. It's a self fulfilling prophecy more than the truth. I might as well have been talking to a brick wall because this man was convinced he knew the absolute truth about how humans work.
This dream has very strong parallels to what I see in day to day life. I see people that are so convinced they know how things are, unwilling to question, unwilling to change, unwilling to see a different perspective. Holding onto a handful of beliefs that they interpret as the truth and pass these beliefs on to others unconsciously through fear.
And yes I have fears when it comes to technological advancement. I don't want to reach a point where some huge company somehow convinces the masses of people that they've figured out how to map out their lives with precision and guarantee happiness. Maybe this is me being afraid of USLM and having it guide me towards optimal goals. I'm not entirely sure. I just worry for the future sometimes. Change is gradual, if unscrupulous people slowly introduce that over the years and develop an ever building reliance on something sometimes it gets to the point where it's too late to go back. We already see that with stuff like smartphones and the internet. It does make you wonder if we fell into this due to the rapid development of technology or if there was some well calculated analysis of how to capitalize on it by rich people with the time, energy, resources, and now humans are exploited.
It's the future and technology has gotten to the point where people's potential is predicted and overall happiness is measured in a series of specific calculations through computers. There are two groups. The intellectuals who are granted access to higher paid jobs such as lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. Then the farmers, trade workers, more physical labor oriented individuals. In the dream I'm hanging out with a physical labor guy who attempts to pass a test to be upgraded to the intellectual group. Upon completion he goes to the head guy and is very excited. However this head guy does things at his own discretion and has ultimate say. He says that based on the test he does pass, but he won't grant him access because he doesn't feel like it.
I get angry and confront this head guy. First I start yelling at him. But then I switch to a more diplomatic/convincing approach. I talk about the subconscious mind and he scoffs, claiming it isn't real and is a figment of imagination. I tell him people's potential isn't written in stone, it's adaptable flexible, ever changing. You can't quantify it in a series of calculations and assume you know what's best for their happiness. Once you plant that seed in their head at a young age, base an entire system around that that is self reinforcing, you generate beliefs in the subconscious that people follow. It's a self fulfilling prophecy more than the truth. I might as well have been talking to a brick wall because this man was convinced he knew the absolute truth about how humans work.
This dream has very strong parallels to what I see in day to day life. I see people that are so convinced they know how things are, unwilling to question, unwilling to change, unwilling to see a different perspective. Holding onto a handful of beliefs that they interpret as the truth and pass these beliefs on to others unconsciously through fear.
And yes I have fears when it comes to technological advancement. I don't want to reach a point where some huge company somehow convinces the masses of people that they've figured out how to map out their lives with precision and guarantee happiness. Maybe this is me being afraid of USLM and having it guide me towards optimal goals. I'm not entirely sure. I just worry for the future sometimes. Change is gradual, if unscrupulous people slowly introduce that over the years and develop an ever building reliance on something sometimes it gets to the point where it's too late to go back. We already see that with stuff like smartphones and the internet. It does make you wonder if we fell into this due to the rapid development of technology or if there was some well calculated analysis of how to capitalize on it by rich people with the time, energy, resources, and now humans are exploited.
INFP
