Travel is as much a part of modern mans life as generations on one location were centuries past. The modern man is interconnected with the globe through electronics and travel in a way that our ancestors only wrote about in their science fiction and fantasies. The positive side of this is that information is more readily available and knowledge more easily gathered then they ever have been in history.

Modern man can easily attain the same level of knowledge and ability in months, and our forefathers only gained this after years of lengthy study in institutions of higher learning. I learned after gaining my bachelors of science in Criminal Justice that our educational system, regardless the supposed level, is no more than a scam. The scam is not that you cannot learn, but that you are forced by corporations and the state to attain these degrees so as to be able to hold a position high enough to qualify for more taxes and more responsibility.

Unlike hundreds of others being educated*, I took pride in my work ethic and constantly challenged the status quo - often with great results. I also realized that, regardless the amount of challenging I submitted, they would never change as my challenges directly contradicted the accepted standard that exists in the United States today. I was fortunate to make good friends throughout my time in the education system, and I learned much. I absorbed statistics and have found a love for the endless graphs, numbers, and lists that are taken out of context so often with modern media, and yet when absorbed in full are hard to ignore.

Above I mentioned that unlike hundreds of others, by this I meant that there was a period of years in which I ghost-writer to well over 200 papers for college students. I wrote thirty-four master's theses for students of modern state ordered economics through political science. I also wrote several doctoral theses, two of which were for prestigious Ivy League PhD candidates. I have since read at least 4 of those in some form in national journals around the United States; the attribution being to either a small group of individuals, or one - all of which use the letters PhD following their name now. I have realized as a result of my education that when someone falls back on their state-based education as an excuse for limited thought, they are likely among the thousands of students every year who buy their education and then wave it around, and more than likely will end up running the government so many bow to.

In the year 2007, I became, for all modern intents and purposes, no longer a man. It was at this time that my body failed to support my ambitions. Without overburdening you the reader, with painfully boring details,  my life changed. Up to this point I had attempted in most situations to maintain physical ability, and while I have for most of my life dealt with daily pain, I was up to this point able to be physical. This change affected me and I allowed myself to fall into severe depressive states. The thought regarding self-termination was never far away and yet, I continued on. Through a serious of well-made decisions, I ended up eventually married to a wonderful lady with two children.

For the past several years I have been even more dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge than I ever was before, having always been a voracious reader with an appetite for more knowledge. I have learned that my desire for knowledge and the many mistakes throughout my life have all conspired to give me an edge on most people. I have developed my mind into a much sharper tool than most, and I have used that tool to not only gain more material things, but also knowledge through that practice. Ghost-writing academic papers is seen by many, some who likely have paid others to write their papers at some point, as dishonest. I saw it as offering a service and while I no longer engage in this activity, would do so again if the money were right.

The result of this approach to using my mind has caused me to see people in a far more conservative light. When I am engaged in conversation and a person flaunts their degrees, yet offers no substantiated counter points or points, I often laugh and walk away. After all, I know for a fact that degrees can and are bought and sold by the thousands around the world in every institution of higher learning. I have, as an atheist, written biblical history papers for students enrolled at such prestigious Bible Colleges as the Oral Roberts University and more. There is no shame when a person's entire future is predicated on whether they have a piece of paper or not. Humans will do anything to survive, it seems, except gather and use the knowledge that allows them to both evolve and thrive.

Humans are chief among animals in that they will lie, cheat and steal: even to the point of turning on their own young or parents to get ahead.  And yet these same barely intelligent monkeys it seems refuse to embrace change and knowledge that, when implemented, can change the world into a better place. Questions are lobbed my direction regularly regarding my quite obvious dislike of organized religions and states, as well as those who fully embrace those entities. The response is often the same for all, though it may be differently worded at times. I have no respect for those who cannot think for themselves, who refuse to do for themselves, and for whom all others owe a debt simply because they live.

 

Help others and work with them and maintain levels or circles of trust/friends around you. There is no valid reason to tell everyone you meet what your plans are or how you have set up your house. Survival is more than just buying the latest preps and camping gear. For people like myself to survive, I will need to do some things better than others can, and have knowledge available that others will need. Disabilities mean that we must work that much harder to show others that we are indeed invaluable and necessary. What are you doing to survive? What are you doing now to live? Are you taking advantage of the opportunities your disabilities or abilities open up for you, or are you just coasting through life? How often do you talk to your neighbors without being the creepy guy with guns and camouflage? How many of your neighbors even realize you exist? Maybe it's time to make some new friends; and remember, friends can easily be separated into categories of use. Most humans do this subconsciously anyhow, so make a conscious effort to promote friendship, or at the least a working relationship, with those who most closely surround you.