Rupert Dreyfus

Social media is basically standing at a bucket filled with other people__ vomit and you suck the vomit through a straw, and gag and wince at the unbearable taste of other people__ vomit. Yet strangely we continue to suck through the straw as if we__e never tasted such lovely vomit. And then before you know it you__e old and you__e grey. And that__ the end of you. A lonely death. Your gravestone is marked with the six saddest words: Social Media Drained My Soul AwayAnd they all mourn your loss at a budget funeral service while updating their social media statuses on mobile phones apps. And in years to come nobody remembers any of your updates; even those updates that you deep-down believed were going to bring about world peace. The Digital Age is more disposable than nappies and just as full of shit.

I know I__ not the patron saint of etiquette and me attitude stinks of arse, but at least I don__ dictate to nay cunt how they ought to spend their days. There are six billion of us on this rock. Why should we all like vanilla ice cream, wear supermarket denim and set our alarm clocks for the nine to five grind?

The biggest act of rebellion right now is remaining defiantly hopeful.

We think of our species as swinging on the pinnacle of evolution, but this definitely isn__ the final design. If our bodies don__ evolve much further, our minds will. It__ the only way our species can save itself. An evolution of human consciousness is only a matter of time. And that__ when we will finally discover the good life, hand in hand. Meanwhile we just have to tough it out and make the most of things.