Thread by @realjusthuman

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.”

—Will Durant, The Lessons of History

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I often reference the information war as a component of a larger conflict—a cognitive war, a battle for your mind.

All of this (gestures wildly at everything , but emphatically at social media) is part of that war.

It represents the armaments, the trenches, the artillery, grenadiers and riflemen of the war.

Every post, every comment, every video—all of it competes for your attention, your energy, and for territory within your mind.

Depending on how you have curated your feeds, some portion of what you will encounter is useful, helpful, friendly.

Where you find positive reinforcement, high resolution information, hope, let it in and make those alliances.

However, a significant portion of what you come across, and what comes at you, will be harmful, hostile, toxic.

That stuff will work to destroy your defenses, take hostage your thoughts, subvert your beliefs, erode your morals, and supplant them with someone else’s.

Or with none at all.

Conquering you, subjugating you, taking you prisoner.

Then either turning you against yourself or driving you off the field of battle entirely.

Viewing this conflict as a revolutionary war aligns with the nature of the battle we face within ourselves.

It’s an inner war—a war for your mind and in your mind, where you must overthrow misconceptions, false notions, delusions, malign influences.

And do so over and over again.

Note:

You may not be interested in this war, but it is interested in YOU.