11-18-2012, 02:13 PM
I think the key is the youth. As an 'under-30' myself, I know I have grown up around images of 'aliens' or 'ETs'. I can definitively say that my impression through my youth was that aliens were 'cool', not scary. Anything could be scary - man or alien alike. What I often saw was that aliens could help us. They could 'boost' us to higher capabilities more than anything else. They could help.
I think a lot of young people regard the idea of aliens, disclosure, and first contact in a very novel space. They are neither for it nor against it; they just want to see it if it exists. Since 1980, the world's population has doubled in size. This means half the population (at least) is under 30 years old. I think we often make these type of judgement calls based on the 'status quo', but I think that is set not by the younger generations but with the older. I think we're generally out of touch with the younger generations on a mass level.
Remember, kids are now growing up in a unified world through globalization and the internet. If what is required by us before disclosure can happen is a critical mass of people who are willing to view the planet as one, I believe that is possible with the coming generations. When we finally perceive ourselves as one, we can start to perceive the 'other-selves' of civilizations. That's my take on it, and from my youth to today, the acceptance of the world as a whole and the awareness of the global population has accelerated leaps and bounds. Who's to say it will slow down or stop? Why can't it continue to increase?
I believe we are the biggest stopping block to disclosure. The more we ask 'how can this happen?' as opposed to 'why can't this happen?', the quicker we find the natural solutions to things. We have to intend for it to happen first; then we find our way.
I think a lot of young people regard the idea of aliens, disclosure, and first contact in a very novel space. They are neither for it nor against it; they just want to see it if it exists. Since 1980, the world's population has doubled in size. This means half the population (at least) is under 30 years old. I think we often make these type of judgement calls based on the 'status quo', but I think that is set not by the younger generations but with the older. I think we're generally out of touch with the younger generations on a mass level.
Remember, kids are now growing up in a unified world through globalization and the internet. If what is required by us before disclosure can happen is a critical mass of people who are willing to view the planet as one, I believe that is possible with the coming generations. When we finally perceive ourselves as one, we can start to perceive the 'other-selves' of civilizations. That's my take on it, and from my youth to today, the acceptance of the world as a whole and the awareness of the global population has accelerated leaps and bounds. Who's to say it will slow down or stop? Why can't it continue to increase?
I believe we are the biggest stopping block to disclosure. The more we ask 'how can this happen?' as opposed to 'why can't this happen?', the quicker we find the natural solutions to things. We have to intend for it to happen first; then we find our way.