Where are the humans?

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I am sure everyone has noted how different people have different degrees of presence. Some of them stand powerfully or dress well and speak properly and eloquently; others you can almost see their ideas whizzing by enveloping them analyzing the words you just said, in a second. Both of those tell us how "present" someone is in a situation and is something that can even be felt.

In the last decade, I've noted a severe decline of the feeling of presence, of the consciousness behind the eyes of the people walking by. This year it was stronger and quicker, leaving many as Michael Ende's proverbial Grey People but instead of grey they are in a colorful trance, we might as well call them The Sparkling People as if the grey shell was possessed by an ad. Whatever it is, I just feel like the place is less crowded, even though their bodies are still there.

Where are the people? Have they been uploaded to the web? Have you noticed this?

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[causticus]

Reminds me of the NPC meme, particularly the crowd version of it.



Also, this kind of coincides with a series of comments on the most recent medical tyranny open post, talking about the anecdotal accounts of energy healers sensing that a lot of people's souls have become somewhat detached from their bodies and weighed down by some sort of "heavy" energy. This seems to have gotten especially bad due to the events of the past several years.

Overall though I'd say this phenomenon might be one of many nasty byproducts of our hyper-materialist modernity.

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I hadn't seen that on the covid open posts at all, thanks! I'll go take a look but it seems to coincide with my observations. I think we are all aware of the effects of modernity but the increase in pace startled me.