Ten steps/centuries forward and backward.
Using the moving boxcar average picked up along the way while analysing the flow of sewage through open channel pipe, one's perspective grows exponentially.
But first, one must decide what one uses as a mirror, for a comparison, to view a type of reverse image that resembles the us-.vs.-them attitude of many cliques/clubs/religions.
Rich vs. poor.
Civilised vs. barbarian.
Educated vs. ignorant.
Heaven vs. hell.
Is this type of comparison model valid?
These days, a good writer must be a scientist, philosopher, politician, sports enthusiast, oracle, pacifist, warmonger and everything in-between, all while writing at the speed of...
Well, that's the issue this blog entry questions: timeliness of information processing.
What if a writer wrote about 100 or 1000 years from now by writing about 1000 years ago?
Could you tell a difference?
What if you figured out there is no difference and never really has been?
Would you see that the figures you call omnipotent/omnipresent (you know, those images that represent that which cannot be truly named) have a sense of humour?
A system of beliefs for states of energy - what will be the underlying theme for the next serialised Internetically blogged novel/book/story journalised here?
Readers want to know.
People want to see themselves in this story that parallels the real world.
Give the people what they want.
All is all.
Cue the theme song...
Roll the opening credits...
Stock the store shelves with product tie-ins...
Convince game show writers to slip in subliminal messages...
Get the laugh track ready...
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