Article 5 in the 7-part realitysculp series is this one. Determining the value of the information is the next phase in the cycle, continuing from part 4 of the realitysculp series. The information importance filter (iif) is used to do this. Every piece of data that goes through this filter will be given a factor or level of significance. Once again, this ranking is dependent on the held world view and is relevant to other facts. Using two young guys from quite different backgrounds, one is from Tibet, the happiest country on earth; the other was raised in America and went to college. The young guy from Tibet has a worldview that is primarily focused on contemplation, introspection, and a sense of connectedness to a higher power, while the American is given a worldview that is centered on social standing and financial prosperity. During the Super Bowl, both guys end themselves waiting for a flight at a US airport. The guy from Tibet watches the game with mild interest, while the American, seated in the lounge, is studying every aspect of the game. According to the held view of the American, every detail of every play is given top priority in the American’s conscious mind because he believes that if he can’t repeat and think back on even the smallest details of the game tomorrow in the office, he will lose face and social status among his peers. Because social standing is judged completely differently in Tibet and individuals there are more interested in developing their awareness and interpersonal relationships, the same information is given such a low importance in a Tibetan’s conscious mind that it is unlikely that he would remember much of the game. Once again, we observe this interaction with the person’s existing worldview to ascertain a further characteristic of the acquired material. With the significance filter, the most aroused instincts of the person assess the possible influence and timeliness of the impact, which is used to give priority to the data. Almost nothing may be worse than losing one’s social position in the commercially driven western culture, where self-loathing and fear of embarrassment are common due to the media, and perhaps even more so than losing one’s life. This is shown by the fact that no Westerner living today could fail to warn you about the risks associated with binge drinking, yet that risk is worth it to achieve the social standing that is advertised in endless advertisements as the life of the party. Anyone who has ever declined a drink offer in public has experienced the ensuing unfavorable social judgment. Feeling that way is how non-confirmative conduct is self-policed in our culture. Similar to the honesty filter, the significance filter is governed by the held world view and is not readily or directly altered. As will be covered in more depth later, an individual’s held world view dictates not just which instincts are most powerfully activated but also what information is most important. In the piece puppets on a string, I talk about how marketing messages that aim to make people feel less valuable are continuously thrown at the typical Westerner. With time, these signals cause the person’s worldview to change such that, for the ordinary Westerner, fear of social disgrace plays a crucial and significant role. Surprisingly, the importance filter is greatly impacted by this condition of elevated social anxiety. Think about someone who is in a potentially fatal circumstance. Not surprisingly, they are experiencing extreme anxiety related to survival. Little noises, odors, and unidentified items become very significant in their mind, and they are apt to forget about an outstanding tax debt. When someone is experiencing elevated social anxiety, they concentrate in the same way. While information about a person’s social and status becomes very important, information that is more crucial to their long-term survival, such as evidence indicating the Sandy Hook massacres were staged, is at best deemed useless. The reality of their increased fears must be accepted by individuals who aspire to mindlessness. Most of them have been around them for so long that they don’t really notice them, just as we don’t notice our clothes until they start to bother us or we take them off. These fears are ingrained in people’s worldviews via schooling and are reinforced by the statements in ads, motion pictures, and television shows. People can and do wear many worries, just as they can wear different garments. Particularly in comparison to our parents or grandparents, contemporary Americans have a plethora of concerns. Only those who work in dangerous occupations like law enforcement, firefighting, or military conflict used to really have to worry about not making it through the day. The media now claims that there is a mentally ill law-abiding gun owner, a terrorist targeting the American way of life, or a vast epidemic that is hiding beneath a rock or in a garbage can and ready to infect people at every turn. Every day, experts and authorized information sources bring forward fresh issues for the public to consider. These new worries are on top of the ones that are brought up on a daily basis about the unpredictability of work, retirement, health care, the housing and stock markets, and so on. Even when the person is not aware of their fears, these periods of increased anxiety lead to an individual’s importance filter classifying facts connected to those anxieties as the most essential for their conscious attention. But almost everyone today ignores information that is vital to a free person, such the growth in civic responsibilities or the diminution of civil freedoms. Those who choose not to disregard this material are also written off as unimportant or ignored. Considering all that individuals are given to worry about, is there any other possible scenario, practically speaking? It is crucial to realize that while a person is experiencing any of these elevated anxiety levels, they cannot be properly dedicated to the pursuit of truth or the path toward enlightenment. Bob Jones writes on topics that are at the heart of our existence and is committed to raising awareness of the significance of events that have a significant impact on the security and quality of life of the average person. Rather than presenting a list of titles or literary honors, Jones applies common sense and reasoning to concepts and events that the general public is being kept ignorant of through education and the media. In addition, he publishes a website devoted to ending human suffering. Click the link to read more stories, or go to our website at http://www.dragontamers.com.
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