Entertainment or inner thought?
By Harvey Dent (email Harvey)
The hate I have in my heart from the applications on Facebook can’t truly be expressed through words. It seems as if everyday I’m getting an invitation to join some game or group: Scrabble, Mafia Wars, Vampire Blood Suckers, Little Boy Toucher, and the many other thousands out there. The number one hated application of yours truly, as I’m sure you can guess, is Farmville.
The hate I have in my heart from the applications on Facebook can’t truly be expressed through words. It seems as if everyday I’m getting an invitation to join some game or group: Scrabble, Mafia Wars, Vampire Blood Suckers, Little Boy Toucher, and the many other thousands out there. The number one hated application of yours truly, as I’m sure you can guess, is Farmville.
The millions and millions of people wasting their time to play a virtual game on Facebook about a farm really amazes me. I struggle to find enough time during the day to do the things I have on my ‘to do’ list, while in the meantime, millions of people have time to play a game about building a virtual farm! Don’t they have more important and better things to do with their time? Even though it drives me crazy, it really got me thinking, “Are these people just practicing for what’s to come? Do they know or feel something inside them, but don’t know how to act on it in the real world due to fear?” See, even though it’s a virtual game about a farm, it has a subtle message within it. I know, you must think I’m crazy, but bear with me.
Why are so many people interested in the game? I understand that it connects humans to other humans, but what is the clear message and concept of it? The concept is to build a farm from scratch and become self-sustaining in a virtual world.
Let’s transfer the concept from a virtual world in a computer and into our “real” world (which could potentially be simulated in a much bigger computer, but let’s not worry about that for now). Is it practice for the real world we live in? Is it something we all have within us, to build a farm and become self-sustaining?
To put the world we live in into perspective, in 2010, food prices continued to rise to the highest they’ve ever been, and the forecast does not show any signs of letdown in 2011 and beyond. Within the near future, it has been predicted that, due to natural disasters, disease, an increase in population, among many other variables, the supply of food will sharply decrease. If you consider simple economics, as the supply decreases, then prices will increase. As we continue to destroy the earth’s resources, like the viruses that we are, smaller and smaller amounts of society will be able to afford to eat healthy food. The majority of the world’s population will need to either start to identify alternative food sources, for example insects as Mike told us about, continue to eat the cheap and processed garbage our government continues to shove down our throats, as Bobby James made us aware of, become self-sustaining through farming, or die of starvation. I don’t know about you, but I’ll choose option 3 for my future, thank you very much.
For those who are skeptical and against this thought of a food shortage and price increases, those who are so disconnected to the true realities of this world, I suggest doing a test. Identify your current average spent on monthly groceries as of today. For the next month, do not purchase any processed and unhealthy foods. Buy and eat only healthy foods; for example, fresh produce, seafood, nuts, whole wheat everything, chicken, etc. I guarantee that at the end of the month, you will have spent triple your average grocery bill. Yes, I understand that 3 times the amount isn’t really that much, but this amount is today, 2011. Think about it from the perspective of 10 years from now, when our population has increased another billion people, our food supplies will have been cut due to disasters and disease, and the value of the dollar will have been cut in half. You’ll be spending 100 times more for a healthy meal than the processed “goop” made out of chemicals.
So as you continue to play Farmville, think about why you enjoy it so much. Do you have an inner feeling to build your own farm and become self-reliant? Do you know what it feels like to be reliant on yourself for food and other resources? If you haven’t, I strongly recommend “harvesting” a few plants and feeding yourself with them. Become aware of your feeling to self-reliance and, when you do, I promise you that you’ll have a new perspective on yourself, your ability to survive in the future, and a whole new appreciation towards food and life.
Keywords: Farmville, hunger, food demand, food supply, starvation
Why are so many people interested in the game? I understand that it connects humans to other humans, but what is the clear message and concept of it? The concept is to build a farm from scratch and become self-sustaining in a virtual world.
Let’s transfer the concept from a virtual world in a computer and into our “real” world (which could potentially be simulated in a much bigger computer, but let’s not worry about that for now). Is it practice for the real world we live in? Is it something we all have within us, to build a farm and become self-sustaining?
To put the world we live in into perspective, in 2010, food prices continued to rise to the highest they’ve ever been, and the forecast does not show any signs of letdown in 2011 and beyond. Within the near future, it has been predicted that, due to natural disasters, disease, an increase in population, among many other variables, the supply of food will sharply decrease. If you consider simple economics, as the supply decreases, then prices will increase. As we continue to destroy the earth’s resources, like the viruses that we are, smaller and smaller amounts of society will be able to afford to eat healthy food. The majority of the world’s population will need to either start to identify alternative food sources, for example insects as Mike told us about, continue to eat the cheap and processed garbage our government continues to shove down our throats, as Bobby James made us aware of, become self-sustaining through farming, or die of starvation. I don’t know about you, but I’ll choose option 3 for my future, thank you very much.
For those who are skeptical and against this thought of a food shortage and price increases, those who are so disconnected to the true realities of this world, I suggest doing a test. Identify your current average spent on monthly groceries as of today. For the next month, do not purchase any processed and unhealthy foods. Buy and eat only healthy foods; for example, fresh produce, seafood, nuts, whole wheat everything, chicken, etc. I guarantee that at the end of the month, you will have spent triple your average grocery bill. Yes, I understand that 3 times the amount isn’t really that much, but this amount is today, 2011. Think about it from the perspective of 10 years from now, when our population has increased another billion people, our food supplies will have been cut due to disasters and disease, and the value of the dollar will have been cut in half. You’ll be spending 100 times more for a healthy meal than the processed “goop” made out of chemicals.
So as you continue to play Farmville, think about why you enjoy it so much. Do you have an inner feeling to build your own farm and become self-reliant? Do you know what it feels like to be reliant on yourself for food and other resources? If you haven’t, I strongly recommend “harvesting” a few plants and feeding yourself with them. Become aware of your feeling to self-reliance and, when you do, I promise you that you’ll have a new perspective on yourself, your ability to survive in the future, and a whole new appreciation towards food and life.
Keywords: Farmville, hunger, food demand, food supply, starvation
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