Post by Melifeather on May 4, 2020 16:06:24 GMT
Westworld S03-E08 Crisis Theory. Time to face the music.
Face the music is an American idiom that seems to have originated in New England sometime in the early 1800’s. The inspiration for this phrase is unknown, but it may have a possible origin in the US military since music, particularly a drum cadence, was used when marching to battle. Today, when you have to face the music, it typically means that you’ll be confronted with the negative consequences of your past choices. Anyone who lies or avoids a responsibility long enough will eventually face the music.
There are two definitions of “crisis theory”. One is a Marxist economics theory that critically analyzes capitalism. The other is more human - psychological - when a person’s life and emotions have sunk so low that friends and family stage an intervention. I’ll list the two definitions for you to peruse, but if you think you’ve got the gist, skip down two paragraphs.
Crisis theory definition #1
Crisis theory, concerning the causes and consequences of the tendency for the rate of profit to fall in a capitalist system, is now generally associated with Marxist economics. Karl Marx theorized that crisis is a necessary feature of capitalism to drive use and exchange values, production and consumption, and capital and wage labor.
Crisis theory definition #2
Crisis theory is also used to apply to psychology, specifically for intervention as a treatment method. Such theory states that a crisis will occur when a preexisting psychological equilibrium is upset by life events. Intervention aims to bring about a new equilibrium involving the most adaptive resolution possible. Social workers assist clients in identifying patterns of irrational and self-destructive thoughts and behaviors that influence emotions. Intervention is used when someone is dealing with an acute crisis - commonly with clients who are expressing suicidal ideation.
Last night’s episode was actually about both definitions of crisis theory. The capitalization of human data was being used to drive use and exchange values, for production and consumption, and for capital and wage labor. An intervention in the form of revolution was needed to restore free will.
Thinking back on season two’s finale, The Passenger, I am reminded of the analogy to how our spirit-selves are like passengers riding inside our physical vessels. It strikes me that the overall message of last night’s finale was a reminder that WE control our destiny. WE have free will. WE have CHOICES. Our circumstances are the result of the choices we have made. Yogis even believe that we have chosen our parents, our siblings, and our birth circumstances with the intent of learning how to elevate our consciousness to Nirvana. Only when we become conscious of our true self or spirit can we understand who we are, what our purpose is, and what our relationship to the True Source is. The True Source is the Creator, and if we are connected to the source, then WE have the power to co-create.
If you aren’t familiar with the concept of higher consciousness, I think it would help to compare it to George RR Martin’s “godhead”. Skinchangers and wargs have the ability to shift their consciousness (spirit) into another vessel while tethered to their own bodies. Leaf said that when they die they go into the rocks, streams, and trees to join the godhead.
When people meditate the focus is inward. Over time and with repeated practice, the pineal gland is activated. In ASOIAF and in Yoga the pineal gland is also called the third eye. Once you realize that you are connected and part of the godhead, you will learn how to co-create. This is the whole point of last night’s episode. Rohoboam was a god-like supercomputer that was created by humans with the intent of monetizing and controlling the lives of humans. It supplanted the connection humans had to the true source and took control of their free will. Dolores came to the real world expecting to find free will and beauty, but quickly realized that humans were being controlled just as the hosts were in Westworld. She devised a plan to set humans free through revolution and chose Caleb to help her see it through. It would have been a great ending for the three seasons of Westworld, but a quick one-two punch after the credits made it clear the story is not over. Charlores is manufacturing an army of hosts to take over the real world and only Caleb and Bernarnold are left to stop her.
Face the music is an American idiom that seems to have originated in New England sometime in the early 1800’s. The inspiration for this phrase is unknown, but it may have a possible origin in the US military since music, particularly a drum cadence, was used when marching to battle. Today, when you have to face the music, it typically means that you’ll be confronted with the negative consequences of your past choices. Anyone who lies or avoids a responsibility long enough will eventually face the music.
There are two definitions of “crisis theory”. One is a Marxist economics theory that critically analyzes capitalism. The other is more human - psychological - when a person’s life and emotions have sunk so low that friends and family stage an intervention. I’ll list the two definitions for you to peruse, but if you think you’ve got the gist, skip down two paragraphs.
Crisis theory definition #1
Crisis theory, concerning the causes and consequences of the tendency for the rate of profit to fall in a capitalist system, is now generally associated with Marxist economics. Karl Marx theorized that crisis is a necessary feature of capitalism to drive use and exchange values, production and consumption, and capital and wage labor.
Crisis theory definition #2
Crisis theory is also used to apply to psychology, specifically for intervention as a treatment method. Such theory states that a crisis will occur when a preexisting psychological equilibrium is upset by life events. Intervention aims to bring about a new equilibrium involving the most adaptive resolution possible. Social workers assist clients in identifying patterns of irrational and self-destructive thoughts and behaviors that influence emotions. Intervention is used when someone is dealing with an acute crisis - commonly with clients who are expressing suicidal ideation.
Last night’s episode was actually about both definitions of crisis theory. The capitalization of human data was being used to drive use and exchange values, for production and consumption, and for capital and wage labor. An intervention in the form of revolution was needed to restore free will.
Thinking back on season two’s finale, The Passenger, I am reminded of the analogy to how our spirit-selves are like passengers riding inside our physical vessels. It strikes me that the overall message of last night’s finale was a reminder that WE control our destiny. WE have free will. WE have CHOICES. Our circumstances are the result of the choices we have made. Yogis even believe that we have chosen our parents, our siblings, and our birth circumstances with the intent of learning how to elevate our consciousness to Nirvana. Only when we become conscious of our true self or spirit can we understand who we are, what our purpose is, and what our relationship to the True Source is. The True Source is the Creator, and if we are connected to the source, then WE have the power to co-create.
If you aren’t familiar with the concept of higher consciousness, I think it would help to compare it to George RR Martin’s “godhead”. Skinchangers and wargs have the ability to shift their consciousness (spirit) into another vessel while tethered to their own bodies. Leaf said that when they die they go into the rocks, streams, and trees to join the godhead.
When people meditate the focus is inward. Over time and with repeated practice, the pineal gland is activated. In ASOIAF and in Yoga the pineal gland is also called the third eye. Once you realize that you are connected and part of the godhead, you will learn how to co-create. This is the whole point of last night’s episode. Rohoboam was a god-like supercomputer that was created by humans with the intent of monetizing and controlling the lives of humans. It supplanted the connection humans had to the true source and took control of their free will. Dolores came to the real world expecting to find free will and beauty, but quickly realized that humans were being controlled just as the hosts were in Westworld. She devised a plan to set humans free through revolution and chose Caleb to help her see it through. It would have been a great ending for the three seasons of Westworld, but a quick one-two punch after the credits made it clear the story is not over. Charlores is manufacturing an army of hosts to take over the real world and only Caleb and Bernarnold are left to stop her.