If Binary were a Myth
A story about how things might already be different


When will I start to write it if not right now ? What exact moments do we wait for before changing our entire lives forever?

Smoking is a mental addiction. If it were physical there would be a medicine. The only products readily available replace the stimulant, nicotine, and in doing so act as a temporary diversion. This exchange is sometimes successful. But not with me.

How much more do cigarettes pollute than cars? How much poison is released from one single car fuelled with the lowest possible lead petrol per mile compared to cigarettes?

Why are Products superior to Brands ?

What is the internet, why has it been allowed to grow, and where does all the information end up ? Or through what filters does the information circulate? Surely it cannot go unmonitored. If a keystroke recorder exists, and its existence is known, surely its known existence is a value/ advertisement. A value to whom ?

What is private ? What is secure ? How can a secure connection be secure if a computer is aware of & prompts the user in informing them that it is secure ?
You can switch wireless technology off & switch firewalls on to protect yourself, but what is ‘on’ and what is ‘off’ ? It would be very easy to switch these values: to turn all the switches upside down.

A window is a programmed space, it exists within an application, with all its guts hidden. We move closer towards streamlined, uncluttered, clearer views of the world, with more and more processes concealed from view. In this equation we see things enhanced & clearer than they often actually are in reality, and know less & less about how we came to see them, or how in fact we saw them before such enhancement.

What is random ? How can a computer generate random values, if in doing so it uses algorithms & mathematical calculations ? Anything random has to occur within set parameters of logic. A Lucky Dip on the National Lottery always results in producing 6 numerical values between 1 & 48. But the numbers chosen are never the same numbers, and there is no option for deciding NOT to elect a number. How can there be randomness if Repetition, Forgetfulness & Error are not a real possibility ?

Paranoia: if there WERE a truth behind what we believe to be true, then realization of it would inevitably lead to distrust of everything. So it is not possible to communicate fundamental hidden truths without accepting insanity.

To seek reality, if reality is anything other than we already know, is an aspiration to madness. Education keeps us all deluded.

Why does civilization aspire to education & knowledge ? What does the process of seeking prevent us from finding ? From what truths does studying distract us ?

A book, a character, a place, scenery, possessions, people, a series of thoughts, a new way of being that is our self in the making. Change: not through fictional writing, but through written instruction to oneself.
Words can become me. I can become anything I write.

If there was no terror, no crime, no evil, no fear, then how would society be at-all possible ? What would be its motivation ? What possible reason would there be for curing the common cold ? For attaining world peace ? For discovering the meaning of life ? Economically, Politically, Spiritually or Culturally? Confusion, colds & war glue everyone together in an endless quest to relieve our suffering. They create a cause.

By typing and emailing and using the internet, I accept that my thoughts are stolen, monitored, and made public. Why should truth therefore matter to me ?

I have just one good book in me. The one I’m writing. Everything is preparation. There will be no sequel.

Words by Julian Roberts