The Next Big Thing

I was watching the movie "Social Network" yesterday and I was hit upon by this construct, "The Next Big Thing". It had me thinking. I was trying to understand the basic instinct behind the whole concept and I realized it is amazingly diversified rather than driven by a single factor i.e. money. But somehow money becomes the main reason for why it is or anything is called the "The Next Big Thing". It's value is quantified by the revenue it generates and somewhere down the line the concept or the drive which enabled the whole enterprise to come into existence get's lost. Made me sad. It was so very clear in my head that the value of an individual or his/her idea are measured by the amount of money it generates. How stupid!!

We as a species have to come up with something entirely different to quantify our worth. I like the John Lennon song "Imagine". I really do. It talks about what should be the next step in our existence as the dominant species on this planet. I also like the description of Agent Smith in Matrix about how he views what humans are - "Like a disease, like cancer".

Every day we see the world around us and we say to ourselves I wish it could be different. But the funny thing is that we are the ones who can make it different. Instead for some god forsaken reason we look for an individual who will do it for us. Why? I don't know why. Do we lack courage? Do we lack motivation? Or is it just simple we don't care as long as we have what we want.

I think we are by nature extremely self-centered and selfish beings. That is I think is the first layer in our makeup. We don't think about "we" we think about what "I" can get out of this situation and somewhere down the line in time we became a group and thus became "We", but that "I" still is the center of our existence. That "I" needs to go now. For our future generations and for our species as a whole to get to that next level  that "We" must become our first layer.

Our value systems, our principles, basically the whole construct needs to change to an entirely "We" driven civilization with a common goal, a common objective. I just hope someone finds that idea first and quickly as our time is running short. I think that should really be "The Next Big Thing"!!