I entered Barnes & Noble. Even libraries are now franchises. All arranged in the same manner, upon the same standards, the same logo, name, people, books- the world is becoming a cereal box, one of the legacies of globalization and the American empire.
But that is not even the source of my fury. What was beneath my skeleton was a force indescribable in its own right, because it felt like a force but it was weakness. As I was submerged in my IPod listening to the theme “hijo de la luna” from Circle Du Soleil, I was motionless passing my eyes through the immense wealth of books. Self help, biographies, fiction, non-fiction, fitness, kitchen, business advices, romance, classics, magazines- all seemed to be taken out from the same source. There was thousands of books just in one topic- Palestina Road to Success, The World is Flat, How to end Poverty? Hillary Clinton Her Way, Barak Omaba A New leadership, John Edwards how to end poverty in America, Fidel Castro legacy of a revolution…etc, etc, etc. Even if I could choose one topic and sat ceremonial to read and read I would still as a human remember less than 15%. The world is producing information in an amount we can’t absorb. That has been already said, of course. The question is why then? Why produce so much for so little, if we are confined to specialize.
I got sick of so much production of rubbish. As means of communication draw near to individuals more and more random information such as this writing is being produced. Millions of blogs and articles on topics, millions of random opinions, fruitless debates upon nothingness. I realized by them how many books I have bought in Barnes& Noble that I haven’t yet read. Too many. What was I doing then. Procrastinating- postponing the readings over and over again. It was the only way not to shit on my soul knowing how little capacity I have for absorbing all that humanity is putting in my hands.
I was at the verge of frenzy knowing New Yorkers have access to millions and millions of books they simply can’t read whereas vast areas of population lack basic books to learn to read and write. This was not a three hugger statement- it was self-assurance of stupidity. Filters, whether social, economic, political, media etc; are necessary evils to rationalization. We are getting systematically getting rid of them all and we are paying the price. My frenzy did not turn into a material aggressive action- it was pointless. The stupidity of wasting resources in such an amazing way is not the fault of corporation, or governments or artists- it is our own for wanting to live in the matrix. It is just the simplest way to live- procrastinating. Isn’t that what we all do?
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