There is…
A future where technology outpaces wisdom
Leading to a people who can’t spy fantasy
And unable to grasp complex truths
To make crucial decisions for society
When awesome technological powers…
Are in the hands, of very few
And no one representing the public interest
Can even grasp the issues
When the people have lost…
Completely lost, the ability…
To set their own agendas or knowledgeably
Question those… in authority
When the dumbing down, is most evident…
In this slow, exponential decay
Of substantive content in the enormously…
Influential media, at play
Micro… sound… bites…
Ears… are… a… light
With lowest common denominator programming
Credulous presentations on pseudoscience…
And superstition, their final mission
But especially a celebration… of ignorance
When, clutching our crystals
And nervously consulting our horoscopes
Our critical faculties, in decline
Unable to distinguish… the trope…
“What feels good and what’s true”
We slide, almost without noticing
Back into superstition and darkness
So, with a new mindset…
Let us begin