{"id":57566,"date":"2021-04-26T06:52:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57566"},"modified":"2021-04-26T06:52:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:52:15","slug":"maturity-is-discovering-how-everything-you-believe-is-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57566","title":{"rendered":"Maturity Is Discovering How Everything You Believe Is A Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2021\/04\/25\/maturity-is-discovering-how-everything-you-believe-is-a-lie\/\">Maturity Is Discovering How Everything You Believe Is A Lie<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-9847\" class=\"post-9847 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-belief tag-media tag-politics tag-propaganda tag-religion tag-school\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-9.43.30-PM.jpg?fit=846%2C547&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-9.43.30-PM.jpg?w=846&amp;ssl=1 846w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-9.43.30-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-9.43.30-PM.jpg?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"547\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/maturity-is-discovering-how-everything-you-believe-is-a-lie\">Listen to this article<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/maturity-is-discovering-how-everything-you-believe-is-a-lie\">:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1036369024&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxwidth=1060&amp;maxheight=1000\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You get your first taste of it when you\u2019re little. You find your Christmas presents in your parents\u2019 closet in early December, or maybe some older kid just tells you that Santa Claus isn\u2019t real.<\/p>\n<p>What the hell? What the hell is this? Some freaky psyop run by your parents, just for kicks? And all the other parents are in on it too? And Hollywood? All those movies and TV specials about Santa were just lies? How far does this go?<\/p>\n<p>What is this strange reality?<\/p>\n<p>Ah well. We\u2019ve all got to grow up sometime. From now on you only believe in real stuff, like the Tooth Fairy.<\/p>\n<p>Thus begins a maturing process of discovering the various ways you\u2019ve been deceived about what\u2019s real which, hopefully, continues for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n<p>When you get a bit older you might start gathering information which causes you to realize that some of the people in your life might not have been telling you the truth about some things. Soda and Pop Rocks can\u2019t really cause a dangerous explosion. Your eleven year-old friend probably hasn\u2019t \u201cboned\u201d every girl in class. You actually haven\u2019t been seeing Dad much since the divorce.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s usually about as exciting as it gets for a while, because you\u2019re a young person trying to learn how to function in the world and you can\u2019t learn if you believe everything you\u2019re being taught is a lie. But that period of credulity doesn\u2019t last long. Not if you\u2019re lucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maturity Is Discovering How Everything You Believe Is A Lie Listen to this article: You get your first taste of it when you\u2019re little. You find your Christmas presents in your parents\u2019 closet in early December, or maybe some older kid just tells you that Santa Claus isn\u2019t real. What the hell? 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