“Because you’re right. Bad stuff happens. But the real world is also all the things we do about the bad stuff. We’re the real world, too.”
~ Sara Pennypacker, Here in the Real World
Written by Bryan Lutz, Editor at Dollarcollapse.com:
Back in the 90’s, pioneers of reality TV got their start on MTV.
America’s favorite music TV channel gave us the first taste of mainstream artificial structure that would soon creep into our every day lives.
MTV’s ‘The Real World’ featured real people, living their “real” lives.
Artists, entertainers, and groupies were filmed in what was portrayed as “real life.”
Of course, events and many of the characters were scripted.
But back then, it was real life.
No one knew the difference.
That is, until the curtains were pulled back when more and more “reality TV” shows aired. Then we were faced with the absurd truth.
We love scripted reality…
Until it hurts.
Much like what happened in August of 2023 when Oliver Anthony pulled back the curtain with his viral YouTube song, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” He said what everyone was thinking.
The Politicians, the Elites, and many corporate cronies have had a great script set up for their own enjoyment.
They take advantage of young girls on Epstein Island, while the average joe’s stuck, distracted, fighting for their financial lives.
Basically, Anthony called out the simulation – all the pretending, posturing, and pandering via the printing press to the masses.
All instead of working for the things that really matter.
Recently, Anthony took to the podium to call out another misalignment the real world coming everywhere in the next decade or two…
The average American teenager spends 30,000 hours on social media by age 30, while adults spend 6-10 hours daily on devices, leading to neuroplasticity changes and digital dependency.
At the 2025 Conference for the Alliance of Responsible Citizenship Anthony said:
“…What irreversible alterations will 30,000 hours of staring into algorithmically fed state of hypnosis do to the human mind or to their offspring?
And in this short breath of time, we live in a state of existence that quite possibly no one else in human existence has. We have access to instant global connectivity, infinite information, and consumer-level access to artificial intelligence.
But, we are the last few humans in history to remember what life was like before Artificial Intelligence…
…And I fear that it may become impossible for young people to differentiate between the real world and the digital world before the end of my lifetime.”
So many changes are coming…
So many, so fast…
Reduction of government…
And the possibility of blockchain coverage of government spending…
While at the same time there remains massive government investment in data centers, AI, and high-speed chip manufacturing.
The real world is coming to an interesting crossroads.
We are headed into a new age. Maybe even a digital age, but I know this…
My generation and those after it. They need to differentiate between the real and the digital world.
Yes, for the production of real things, but also for real people.
