It's becoming increasingly obvious that the introvert stereotype can no longer hack reality by remote control - as algorithms are limited to those with limited connectivity in literal community with literal people - as a result 'hacking' requires real time integration.
Imagine a hoard of empaths making a deliberate effort to be part of society in order to intentionally shift its norms and conditionings. Avoiding this box or that box - no, I don't want to be in the crazy box or the hippy box - or any other box for that matter - as soon as I am in a box I become unrelatable and my perspective becomes less potent.
If I express feelings of this or of that - I feel a box being made for me... breaking out of that box requires a deep concerned effort to be equal - to show the people around that I am just like them - and yet also choose to behave differently and maintain a set of values or a moral code.
It is better in some instances to live an archetype - a solid role/structure within collective perception - and live it deliberately. Knowing the ins and outs of that archetype - knowing how that archetype is perceived by the group mind and what methods are effective from that position within the group. Without a position - there is no hope of change. A reference point must be declared - a flag - to say - I am here - and from this ground I build up and make my mechanism for self-renewal and change which behaves as a beacon sending waves out into the cosmos.
Effective communication can only occur between equals because from an equal perspective - others can take something said as if it came from them and integration happens quicker. If you want to develop your skillset and your ability to assist a world struggling to find a footing in any values - practice the art of being equal - deliberately. Adjust your self-identity to 0 while with another - allow yourself to unconditionally be with them - in this you are them, for a moment. Society's structures were not built yesterday and rarely intentionally - they developed over time - mostly as self-defenses to all the things that went wrong. Institutions that champion values and ethics have behaved as strongholds for lasting trust within a community. No longer do I throw the baby out with the bathwater of religion or any organized group for that matter. Without a structured value system - humanity slides. It could be a value in nature itself and the need to maintain and preserve it - this then precipitates other values like trust and a need to know and live truth. There needs to be an outside motivation - a reference point. We need this.
It is not without experience that I have come to these conclusions. I have gone through various cults/belief systems, five years of street living and seven years of as a street musician internationally - 10 years as an activist - and ever an adherent to truth - jumping in and having a go, even if others say it is wrong. Discovering for myself what is real - reinventing the wheel so many times.
I no longer value the projections of those around me that choose to put this experience into a place of no repute. What I have come through in order to function would scare most people within the Western world. I know of others that have come from a far deeper pit of perception - I do not claim to be unique.
However, I see that my qualifications are my experience - this serves me far better than a university degree or government approval or funding of a project. I see severe limitation working within the boundaries of the system. I have keenly observed and identified the behaviours of the group - and have come to an independent analysis of group psychology that later have referenced with documentation. I made these discoveries with the lab of my mind - first. I doubted myself many times and was clouded with emotion many times. I have come through all that to come to an honest understanding and a level to what is really going on.
We need to be different and we need to do it now.
ps. Picture is from the top of Bluff Knoll - the tallest mountain in the South-west of Australia - you can see a short video here at my Peakd blog: https://peakd.com/@montycashmusic