MATRIX WARRIOR

argains with rip-offs, and above all love to tell stories about the great deals they managed to
stumble upon. And yet, if humatons were to brag in a similar fashion (for bragging is what it
is, though humatons tend to be too timid to ever do so openly) about shoplifting or sneaking
into a movie theatre, they would be ostracized from the conversation, or at best viewed with
suspicion. This is the standard which the matrix imposes. It is permissible, even encouraged,
to be mean, petty, mercenary, and obsessed with monetary matters. But it is not permitted to
be rebellious, anarchic, unruly, or above all disrespectful of money (as well as other basic
matrix 'values' such as family, romance, TV, etc).
Preoccupation with weather might seem to be another perfectly practical concern, but as with
money matters, humatons talk about the weather in a manner that is to a large degree
incompatible with any practical application. As soon as the weather comes up, humatons are
able to slide comfortably on to autopilot, and can exchange banalities almost indefinitely.
Their eyes glaze over and they settle into the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from the
certainty that no original or challenging thoughts will be required of them or directed at them,
so posing a threat to their slumbersome state. Another dead giveaway that the matrix has
hijacked a group conversation is when humatons begin to exchange information about the
means by which they got to wherever they are, their mode of transport, the exact logistical
details of the process of arrival, all adding up to a complete run-down of their movements of
the previous hour or so. Humatons talk about such matters as if they were army generals
discussing the previous day's battle, and preparing future strategies for wars to come. They
can literally spend hours (let's face it, they can spend their whole lives) discussing utterly
trivial details as if they were working on the cure for cancer. This collective insanity brilliantly
disguises itself as a wholly banal kind of fixation, above all on material factors such as food,
money, transportation, domestic refurbishments, new acquisitions, technological appliances,
and of course, job details. In other words, items and pursuits pertinent to the matrix.
Humatons, being wholly disconnected from the organic matrix of Nature and instincts, have
created a surrogate means to occupy themselves at a purely animalistic level. Beasts of the
jungle focus on food, shelter, mating, potential predators, and so forth, because not to do so
would be to override their instincts and jeopardize their survival. They have no real choice
about it, and besides, their focus or 'concern' is constantly supported by internal and external
factors (hunger, the elements, predatorial dangers, etc). Their concerns are genuine
responses to the environment. Since humatons have no such natural stimuli, either within or
without, the matrix invents them, along with the appropriate responses. What humatons are
really concerned with is the total emptiness and dreariness of their lives, and the gaping
abyss inside them, their complete lack of identity. So they receive with gratitude the external
problems and inner worry which the matrix sends them, as a means to keep this incipient
terror and despair at bay.
MATRIX WARRIOR - Being the One 48
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