36. Personal Matrix
In case you are wondering what I'm doing now, I'm making up my mind. My whole life, I’ve been unable to fit into any matrix. Perhaps I'm an undiagnosed neurodivergent person and can't read the room, but I don't want to be part of a system that drains my nerves, my wallet, my mind. What is there to read, really? Endless gossip by the coffee vending machine, half-assed commitment to the duties, and stupid company parties. I see no path to self-actualization in such environments. Please, fire me. No problem, there's a line outside the gate for your position. People are cheap nowadays. Sigh. Such a culture is a potential weapon of mass destruction because it diminishes the value of the individual and increases the domination of the crowd. No matter how innocent it may seem initially, it slowly but inexorably pushes the masses toward the complete acceptance of the logic of approval to exclude THEM for the sake of OUR salvation. When there are a hundred of...