The Twenty First Century
will be like no other.
For millennia
the human race
experienced
glacial progress forward.
Generation after generation
pretty much the same.
Then
slowly
at first things began to
change.
The Bronze Age,
the Iron Age,
jump to the Industrial Revolution
and now
the Technological Revolution.
The pace
of progress
has been ever
quickening,
speeding up,
soon
it will be moving
at light speed.
A compression point
will then be reach
when
this light speed of change
causes
a paradigm shift
for humanity.
Our differences
will melt away
as not relevant
in the new reality.
Power brokers
will loose control
of the buttons
and levers
they used
to control.
Humanity
writ large
will be calling the
shots.
Institutions of "influence"
will be swept away.
Greedy
power merchants
swept away,
never
to be seen again.
Poverty and illness,
swept away.
The roller coaster
ride is upon us.
Buckle up,
it's going to be one
hell off a ride.
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Author:
John Prophet (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: August 13th, 2017 08:22
- Category: Surrealist
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Comments2
As long as those Power Brokers don't get us all killed first. But a great bit of writing here collinsjg
Thank you kindly, the next 10 years or so should tell the story.
Maybe even less.
A lofty goal for humanity you describe ... but then what would we do for lessons? What would be the point of being here? Just saying.
A deep, thought-provoking poem here, JG. Well done!
Who knows what lessons await us on the other side? Thank you for reading my work.
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