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It appears that everyone is being pulled deeper and deeper into an authoritarian, totalitarian system. This is a natural tendency which is likely predicated on a few different factors:
- The finite nature of biological systems, as we know them
- The self reflection of human
- The tendency for systems to become self corrective as they increase in size
The biological systems finitude is, in a sense, the plight of humankind. To be aware of mortal limitations and to seek to overcome them. In order to construct a complete world unto oneself, one must apply an unimaginable amount and extent of detail which is simply unattainable. Furthermore, to seek to apply these things is unreasonable and, perhaps, even maddening. As the human system is fundamentally composed of biological systems to which we are able to study, it might seem likely that tasks of unimaginable complexity which are extremely to make sense of can lead one to distress, or even insanity.
Having faith in a system which is expected to care for the sick and, in turn, yourself if ever the need arises, is in a sense a belief in immortality. To place faith in, for example, the system's capacity to treat disease, without having to have witnessed it and without having to completely visualize every detail of the journey and experience.