>> "I think the connection between scientology and Elizabeth Holmes is the “prison of belief”.
I see that a lot. People just want to believe, they want to follow, to find someone to show them the way. Shine a bright light in the darkness and people will flock to you and sit at your feet and follow in your footsteps even if you don't know where you're going. And you don't; you never do. Your little light can only cut the darkness so far ahead of you.
Sometimes you genuinely want to find a way, sometimes you're just shining a light to attract suckers, like an angler fish. But people will always come to you if you promise them all the answers- and often stick around long after they know you have nothing, because there's nothing left for them to do. They can check out, but they can never leave.
This is interesting, there's something deep in many humans' tendency to follow.
I wonder if it has something to do with being in a world (i.e., a "system") that people are still trying to understand? Over time, science tools like microscopes and telescopes have helped individuals shift their thoughts on the way the world works. I wonder what the next breakthrough tools will be to help us advance our grasp of the world?
I see that a lot. People just want to believe, they want to follow, to find someone to show them the way. Shine a bright light in the darkness and people will flock to you and sit at your feet and follow in your footsteps even if you don't know where you're going. And you don't; you never do. Your little light can only cut the darkness so far ahead of you.
Sometimes you genuinely want to find a way, sometimes you're just shining a light to attract suckers, like an angler fish. But people will always come to you if you promise them all the answers- and often stick around long after they know you have nothing, because there's nothing left for them to do. They can check out, but they can never leave.