Hello World

It's me, Emma. Live from the dungeon of my LA apartment.

Hi.

Maybe you can relate. You’re in a very loud bar. Some friend of a friend is making small talk. You have already screamed, “What?” three times in a row and a fourth time would make you unofficially deaf to the group. So you pretend to hear and now it’s gotten awkward and you should probably say something back. So as a last ditch effort to not look like a weirdo who can’t make conversation, you now have to destroy your vocal chords even though small talk isn’t really your forté. So at 85 decibels you’re about to explain that, no, you’re not watching The Bachelor and that you spend most of your free time delving into mind-bending self-reflection experiments. Two minutes in and he’s lost interest. Talk about unfulfilling. That’s how I feel on the reg. Ugh. Communication out loud? Why not create a technology to instantly share thoughts, sparing us the effort? Why couldn’t we have evolved as humans to be telepathic? Would introverts be the new extroverts? Would extroverts even survive? If not, would they evolve to master the art of interpretive dance? Would concerts be weird? I guess on the downside we’d lose British accents and what a loss that would be to the human race to never again hear the sound of Jude Law poetically weakening our collective knees.

Good thing we have writing.

I’ve always been reserved. Most people would assume I have nothing going on in my pretty little head. I nearly failed a post-modern literature class at my painfully liberal alma mater Columbia College Chicago back in 2008 (don’t do that math) by which I mean I never spoke up in class. But I turned my grade around when the professor read my final paper on a topic I chose: How Anime's Global Appeal Among Adults Is Fueled By A Quest For Meaning. He said, “You’re a fascinating onion. May I follow you on LinkedIn?”

And that pretty much summed up my writing career. I never stopped observing though. Making little connections between seemingly irrelevant things. Finding patterns and making predictions—dodging groupthink like the plague that it is. For one purpose: to try and take over the world!!!!! ***Queue evil laugh*** Just kidding. To hunt for objective truths and maybe make the world a better place? I was content exploring these discoveries alone but then I saw a meme that read, “What if you solved world hunger in the shower and told no one?” It’s funny cause it’s true.

So here we go. Today kicks off our adventure into objective truths, steering clear of politics. We're diving in just for the fun of learning and to uncover the crazy, delightful, and downright ridiculous aspects of life. Let's do this! Do objective truths exist, or are we swimming in a sea of individual perceptions? What's the real deal with how the world operates – spiritually, geopolitically, in nature, and psychologically? Is everything interconnected in some way? Let's unravel these mysteries. Thoughtfully observed, supported by research and reasoned logic, let’s put on our cool capes and set sail on our quest for the meaning of life.