Interview · moment 14 of 19
Revolution, Manifesting Reality, and Pokemon Go Terror
from The Morman and the Meth Head with Jessa Reed and Aaron Woodall · #120
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6 minGuest
Jessa lays out her belief that society creates its own reality with thought and that authority only exists because people believe in it; Tim pushes back with his fear of Pokemon Go-era augmented reality and people fusing with technology, citing adults running through Central Park chasing Pikachu during North Korea tensions.
- 40:53Tim explains his belief that we create reality through our thoughts and that the current tumult signals the dawn of revolution.
- 41:47The old guard's resistance sounds pathetic to him, like a death rattle of something already beaten.
- 42:15Stop talking about how powerful the government is; Tim argues that authority only exists because we collectively believe in it.
- 43:02If we unplug from the system collectively, government and authority cease to exist as anything more than a shared fiction.
- 43:29Tim says he should get a Mormon boyfriend to develop more faith in people, then notes he needs to believe more in humanity.
- 43:46The revolution happening now is deeper and more fundamental because humans are merging with technology in strange, unhealthy ways.
- 44:06Pokemon Go terrified him—he watched people running through Central Park chasing imaginary creatures while a potential war with North Korea was brewing.
- 44:58When a smart friend he respected told him he was playing Pokemon Go, Tim thought: we're fucked.
- 45:19Augmented reality and the capacity to escape reality constitute a revolution that scares him because he doesn't know where it leads.
- 45:47What we call reality was never real—just a collective delusion everyone subscribed to; the next age will be half technology, half consciousness.
- 46:14Tim suggests mummification in ancient Egypt was essentially uploading consciousness to technology, making him ready for a digital future.