The past, present, and future are defined by
generational transitions as each group takes over
from the next. Prior to the boomers was the Silent
Generation, so named for their tendency not to
speak out as they had been taught to be seen but
not heard. The Boomer generation came next and
they had no problem speaking out and did so and do
so quite frequently. What followed were Generation
X, millennials and so on though what we want to
talk about are the distinct differences as each
hands off to a world unrecognizable from the one
when they came into dominance. The momentum of the
evolution of the consciousness has been speeding
up with each new generation and what seems like a
breakneck speed in the technology we see today
will be viewed as antiques as time marches on.
Take for example the world the boomers inherited.
What seemed like a world of top-of-the-line
technological advances in the sixties would be a
hellscape to anyone in their twenties today. Three
channels of color TV was exciting stuff back then
as most of the broadcasting was still in
black-and-white. Radio had been replaced as a
major form of entertainment and area codes made
dialing a telephone much easier. Social media
consisted of community get-togethers along with
letters, calls, and visits to friends and family.
This is all light years ahead of what had come
before as far as an openness to discuss
spirituality without religion. Life on other
planets and the possibility that we were not the
only intelligent race in the galaxy was opening
minds like never before.
Sixty years on and so much has changed in that
time that it feels like the second act in the
grand production called life on third dimensional
Earth is just ending with the third act ready to
take the stage. Several game changers taking place
in this transition include AI and the
possibilities and challenges to come with its
continued development. Climate change seems ready
to hit some major tipping points and divisions in
every realm of society threaten to split it into
two directions at once. Those game changers define
where the two acts diverge much as the advent of
television, protests, and rock 'n' roll ushered
out the proceeding act.
What comes next is nothing but question marks as
is always the case about the future. What is
inevitable is that the status quo will be
maintained until that is no longer possible. The
sound of silence in the first act was drowned out
by the voices who insisted on change and were
answered with the world we see today. Imagine how
loud the third act will be should the status quo
continue to be a death sentence to the society we
enjoy now. The bulk of the knowledge passed on by
Ashtar Command and the Galactic Federation all
took place throughout the second act though it
didn't take off until about the nineties. This has
been in preparation for this third act when the
power of the mind may prove more powerful than the
power of the purse.
