Mr Pencil had a chat with Mr Paper today and it went like this

Good morning, world. Ever since our latest family member - Mazzy, the Mostly Australian Shepherd mix - showed up at our door one day (long story), she has been forcing us to get out of the house at least 3 times a day for a walk around the neighborhood. I’m glad for it - it’s time built into the day when I can have a few minutes to just look around at the birds and dragonflies and other creatures, maybe play some Pokémon Go.

At night, I look up at the skies as often as I can. Growing up in and around Dallas for three decades presented a much less dramatic view of the heavens. Out here, about 30 miles outside of Houston, we’re far enough from the light pollution and smog to get a crystal clear view on nights when it’s not too cloudy.

Ever since reading UFO of God by Chris Bledsoe, I haven’t been able to stop searching for orbs and other unexplainable entities. And, yes - I’ve seen more than a few things that I truly cannot explain. I’m of the opinion that we are all part of a much, much bigger ecosystem than we’re being allowed to understand. I also believe that all will be revealed in due time. Check out Chris’s book or one of his many interviews on YouTube. I believe him; it’s an absolutely out-of-this world story.

I always thought a Luddite was just someone who avoided technology. In fact, there’s a much deeper and more subversive history to the term. When England was undergoing industrialization in the 1800s, a group of folks radically opposing the replacement of workers with machines began a campaign of destruction against these new machines they viewed as evil and oppressive—not simply because they were technology, but because they represented a means by which a few factory owners could get richer while cutting countless working men off from a means of living. The Luddites’ tool of choice was the trusty hammer. They really knew how to rage against the machine! So if anyone ever calls you a Luddite—take it as a badass compliment.

My hand is cramping up, so that’s my cue to give it a rest. Hope you all have a great day!

Jared Caraway​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I did a little more research after riding my daily page and learned that, surprisingly, the lies weren’t even against industrial technology as a whole; moreso, the technology being employed by greedy factory owners, who only wanted to crank out goods at high quantity to maximize profits without any concern for the quality of their output.

There’s a great Smithsonian article I highly recommend reading. You may find some parallels to the current AI revolution, which seems to be the culmination of the digital revolution that started a few decades ago.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/