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'Those who have experienced an earthquake know the queasy feeling you get after
even a minor tremor. Your senses don't quite know how to handle it when the
world itself begins to buck and roll. You enter into a holding pattern of
pre-panic because some mechanism of self-preservation understands full-blown
terror isn't going to help you survive.
I was awakened from a tremor and I knew I had to rouse my wife and kids. "We
have to get out!" The words came to me more as a feeling than a thought. It was
a moment of visceral terror.
It's never easy to get the whole family moving. I started grabbing random
things. I was throwing them into a rucksack when I happened to look out the
window. We had an ocean view, and in the distance, I could see a wave. It
dominated the horizon, inching inevitably closer.
A surge of panic overrode my need to gather up personal possessions. Instead, I
grabbed my keys, grabbed the pudgy hands of the children, and sprinted for the
door. We had to get away. The wave would surely crash onto the city and leave
terrible devastation in its wake. I needed to get inland. I needed to go
uphill. I needed to flee that impossible deluge of unthinking cruelty that was
about to come crashing down upon my world.
We fled, and it felt hopeless as if there was no place in the world where we'd
ever be safe.
This is how I feel as I survey the political landscape of the United States
heading into the 2024 election. This feeling was conveyed to me in a
meticulously crafted dream that had been heavily informed by my life
experiences. I've been in earthquakes. I've had to flee to safety. I also know
the agony that awaits my family if a philosophy of cruelty is allowed, again,
to come to power.
I feel helpless. It feels as if the worst possible outcome is destined to roll
right over the world and inflict unspeakable harm upon the innocent and
vulnerable.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
