Movie

Hey, how's it goin'? Well today I was thinking about the movie that we watched in class. I dont really see how this connects to Ishmael. I do see a connection between it, I just dont see how the Doctor was able to change the socieologist enough to save the world. How does his "illusion" change the way people view things. It disturbs me that I cannot grasp the idea of how this works, this "illusion" we live in. What does it mean to live in an "illusion". Are we just too blinded by greed, wealth, and personal being? I really have no clue. The movie was Ishmaelian though, I just think it was a very interesting way to introduce the idea. In my opinion, I believe that nobody would walk away with anything if some random person off the street got up and watched the movie, that they would think of saving the world. You know what I mean? How do we live in an "illusion"? With the illusion gone, will there be hope for man? With man gone, will there be hope for "illusion"? See how funny that looks, especially the second one.

What good is one person?

If one person had the choice to set up a campaign to rally around the White House about the environment, what good would it do. The only way I can possibly think the government would change if the economy absolutely needed it. Like in Ishmael, he said that the only way humans change if our survival depended on it. If it wasn't for the economy, then it would probably be something about global war, and how the US is the top polluter, compared to other countries. I mean one persons campaign could put it into the government officials heads, but still, they would just find the easy way out. Inventions are highly expensive, time consuming, and need years to develope. The way most people feel is that by the time a scientist figures out some great, unique invention to help reduce emissions, the way humans do things will be different and un-needed. So no invention takes place.

So here is my theory. We do mass rallying around the country and protest about emissions and pollution, and we need the standards to change for the benifit of the planet. Then we picket till there are scientist working on a new invention. Then every month, we picket till till the inventions get put into action. But then again, what good is my idea? I'm only one person, one mind, one vote.