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🎮 The Cost of Escapism: Are We Missing the Future? 🚀
Bigger and bigger TVs 📺. Smaller and smaller phones 📱. More advanced gaming consoles 🎮. Nearly every breakthrough in consumer technology these days revolves around entertainment. Let’s be honest—most of our time, energy, and resources are spent building and improving tools for escapism: movies, video games, streaming platforms. Sure, they’re fun. But at what cost? Imagine if we redirected even a fraction of that innovation toward improving human lives, whether through health, space exploration, or solving real-world problems. When I was younger, we didn’t have access to endless entertainment. We were poor, and boredom was my constant companion. But that boredom did something amazing—it unlocked my creativity. It gave me time to think, to daydream, and to create. - I learned to airbrush at 15 out of sheer boredom 🎨. - I drew schematics for inventions I imagined and sketched out engineering ideas ✏️🛠️. - I came up with over 500 invention ideas—many of which I’ve seen on the market today. That boredom was a gift. It forced me to look at the world, to observe nature 🌱, to see the problems others faced, and to imagine solutions. It made me a creator instead of a consumer. Now, we’re in a world overflowing with technology, but we’re often lulled to sleep by the very tools we’ve embraced. Entertainment has become a distraction, not a catalyst for progress. But it doesn’t have to be this way. If we unplug—if we choose to observe, think, and create—we can build the future instead of just watching it on a screen. Imagine a world where: - Innovation focuses on solving real problems instead of feeding escapism. - Technologies improve human health, open the doors to space exploration, and deepen our understanding of the universe. - We choose to live a sci-fi existence instead of settling for sci-fi entertainment. As for me, I plan to see the Jovian moons before I die. Who’s with me? 🌌 The future isn’t going to build itself. It’s waiting for you to unplug, to observe, and to dream. Will you create it?
🎮 The Cost of Escapism: Are We Missing the Future? 🚀
2 likes • Jan 13
That reminded me of a quote: “Thus did Western Man decide to abolish himself, creating his own boredom out of his own affluence, his own vulnerability out of his own strength, his own impotence out of his own erotomania, himself blowing the trumpet that brought the walls of his own city tumbling down, and having convinced himself that he was too numerous, labored with pill and scalpel and syringe to make himself fewer. Until at last, having educated himself into imbecility, and polluted and drugged himself into stupefaction, he keeled over―a weary, battered old brontosaurus―and became extinct.” ―Malcolm Muggeridge But, you're right, it doesn't have to be that way.
Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄
"Hark! the herald angels sing, 'Glory to the newborn King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!'" This timeless carol reminds us of the miraculous moment when heaven and earth joined together to proclaim the coming of Christ, the Prince of Peace. In this season of joy and hope, let's reflect on the beautiful truth of God’s mercy and reconciliation through His Son. ✨ What does this hymn mean to you? Share your thoughts below! 🎄
Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄
2 likes • Dec '24
God and sinners reconciled! If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. — 2 Corinthians 5:17-2 1
This is why I love technology! ⚙️✨💡
Check out this incredible Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon—a three-dimensional timepiece like no other! ⏱️ More than just a car-inspired watch, it’s built as a volume, just like a car body 🚗, showcasing Jacob & Co.'s mastery in reinterpreting and transforming shapes into something extraordinary. 🚀🔥 And here’s the cherry on top 🍒—it features a working V-8 motor! 🏎️💨 An iconic blend of engineering, art, and luxury that brings the spirit of Bugatti to your wrist. 🎥 Watch the video below👇 💬 Let us know in the comments: Would you splurge on this masterpiece, or does that $350,000 price tag make you hit the brakes? 🛑💸 #TooRichForMe 💰#BetterAskYourSugarDaddy 😆
3 likes • Oct '24
Nope! Not a chance in this world!
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@jono-martin-4568
Not handy in the least, but interested in how things work: Engineering, Physics, Chemical reactions, Natural engineering... lots of idle curiosity.

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Joined Oct 21, 2024
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