Why the hate for wisdom?

[Diana]

Humanity is learning rapidly right now, isn't it?

Maybe. Maybe it's that things have to get worse before they get better—that polarization is causing extremes in order to bring awareness. Because I see a world that has become addicted to media which tells people what to do and think; and businesses, especially online, that have no integrity. I won't go on, because my opinion is unpopular and admittedly jaded.

I sincerely hope things improve. One of the yardsticks (not the only one) I use as a measurement of consciousness is respect for all life. And there is such an enormous disconnect still.

In the 80s with the birth of the "new age" movement, the participants in that movement I think were under a mass delusion that they were "more advanced," more aware and spiritually superior (I witnessed this over and over in groups). In general, It seemed to me that they were just following "something else."

There has always been a fraction of humanity who think beyond the mass consciousness, and because we do have such effective and widespread media, we are more aware of them (such as those who gather here). But is it that we are more conscious in general, or just more informed (and consequently more manipulated) by it? There have always been people (probably most people) who want to help others and "be good," and because there are more opportunities to showcase this in the media, I am not sure how much of it is evolution or opportunity. Because I still see the disconnects.

I would love to hear good arguments (and I mean that as an exchange, not as a screaming match) for another view.