At the end of the first part of ‘Friends – it’s not far now’ it said:
‘It must become clearer to you why you should not know.’
I will now try to answer that.
I will now turn to artificial intelligence and simply ask the following questions:
‘Why should people not know what is going on?
And another question:
’Who benefits from people not knowing what is going on?‘
ChatGPT – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – QUESTION 1:
’Why should people not know what is going on?“
The bitter truth is:
People should often not know what is going on – because knowledge shifts power.
A few of the key reasons, without further ado:
1. Knowledge makes you independent
Those who understand
- how systems work,
- who benefits,
- what alternatives there are,
are more difficult to control.
Ignorance needs authority.
Knowledge needs justification.
️ 2. Power thrives on opacity
Many structures only work if:
- Processes appear complicated
- Decisions seem to have no alternative
- Responsibility remains diffuse
‘That’s just the way it is’ is not a law of nature,
but often a power-protecting phrase.
3. Informed people are poor consumers
If people really knew:
- how needs are created
- how attention is monetised
- how much behaviour is controlled
they would:
- buy less
- click less
- follow less
This is economically undesirable.
4. Truth is uncomfortable – emotionally too
Not everything is suppressed from above.
People avoid a lot themselves because:
- Truth means responsibility
- it triggers guilt, fear or powerlessness
- it requires them to change their own lives
Ignorance can also be a form of self-protection.
5. Complexity is deliberately simplified
The world is contradictory.
But:
- simple narratives stabilise
- clear enemy images bring order
- black and white is reassuring
Truth is rarely simple –
and therefore politically impractical.
⚠️ 6. Education is often reduced to function
If education is only supposed to be:
- usable
- efficient
- marketable
then understanding is dangerous.
A person who truly understands
asks: Why, actually?
And that is the last thing rigid systems want.
The core
People are often not supposed to know what is,
but only what they should do.
Knowledge then becomes:
- fragmented
- accelerated
- emotionalised
- flooded
Not prohibition, but overwhelm is modern censorship.
ChatGPT – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR QUESTION 2:
‘Who benefits from people not knowing what is going on?’
Short and honest:
Those who benefit most are those who want to retain power without having to justify it.
These are not secret ‘evil’ forces, but specific actors and structures. Let’s take a sober look at them
️ 1. Political power structures
Governments, parties and administrations benefit from ignorance when:
- Decisions remain opaque
- Alternatives are invisible
- Responsibility is blurred
Informed people ask questions.
Uninformed people follow rules.
Not every politician does this consciously –
but every system exploits convenience.
2. Economic power (corporations & markets)
Many business models only work if people do not know:
- how needs are created
- how products make them dependent
- how data is used
- what social & ecological costs arise
Knowledge = conscious consumption
Conscious consumption = lower profits
That is why things are often:
- simplified
- glossed over
- emotionalised
- distracted
3. Media & attention economy
Platforms do not benefit from understanding, but from:
- Dwell time
- Excitement
- Polarisation
Differentiated truth does not click well.
Outrage clicks excellently.
Ignorance here does not mean ‘knowing nothing’,
but knowing a lot – but without context.
⚖️ 4. Elites in the broadest sense
Not just ‘rich people’, but:
- Expert groups
- Bureaucracies
- Academic circles
- Technological gatekeepers
When knowledge is:
- Complicated
- Isolated
- Made exclusive
Power remains among themselves.
♂️♀️ 5. And yes: people themselves sometimes benefit too
That’s the uncomfortable part.
Ignorance can:
- Avoid responsibility
- Dampen feelings of guilt
- Reduce pressure to act
‘If I don’t know for sure, I don’t have to change anything.’
Systems exploit this human tendency; they don’t invent it.
The common denominator
Who benefits when people don’t know what’s going on?
Everyone who thrives on stagnation, conformity and predictability.
Knowledge makes people:
- unpredictable
- uncomfortable
- capable of change
And that is precisely what is dangerous for many structures.
Important: This is not fate
Power through ignorance is unstable.
It only lasts as long as:
- People remain isolated
- Education is functional rather than liberating
- Questions are ridiculed
Community + education + conversation
have historically always been the antidote.
Takeaway
It is not one group that benefits.
An entire network of interests does.
And every time people start to
- understand connections
- exchange ideas
- normalise questions
this network loses a little bit of control.
Friends – that’s what ChatGPT says.
I would now like to take it a step further. It is important to me that you recognise this. Recognise what? We are not supposed to know. ChatGPT gives you the first answer to that. What I mean is: ‘Don’t just take my word for it, use what everyone should use today and in the future when they want and need to find out or do something.
One thing is clear: ’ChatGPT already shows that they clearly don’t want us to know. Why? That’s also clear when you read what ChatGPT says.
Actually, I’ve been wondering all along why those who are now pushing artificial intelligence so hard allow what is said here to be taken from a ChatGPT programme.
It’s clear to me. They feel very secure. They firmly believe that they have the whole world completely under control with their instruments of power.
It’s also clear to me that they believe they can do anything now. That people have simply been made so weak that they will do whatever they want them to do. At least the vast majority of people.
The masses are their target. They believe they already have the others under control. They know everything. The mobile phones and all the surveillance systems they have developed to control people worldwide help them to do this. They are everywhere. Mobile phones ensure this. So now what?
They think we can now take the final step. Threat scenarios everywhere. People are worried. They can no longer see beyond that, meaning: ‘They are frightened and fear for their lives.’
The scenario for our future?
Another question for ChatGPT: ‘Does humanity have a future?’
ANSWER:
Yes. Humanity has a future.
But not automatically – and not guaranteed in the way we comfortably imagine.
The honest answer lies between hope and responsibility.
Why humanity has a future
- We have survived crises that were existential: ice ages, pandemics, wars, the collapse of entire civilisations.
- We can learn, cooperate, pass on knowledge – this is rare and powerful in evolutionary terms.
- Never before have we had as much knowledge about the consequences of our actions as we do today.
Awareness is our greatest strength.
⚠️ Why our future cannot be taken for granted
The risks are real:
- Climate crisis
- Ecological destruction
- Concentration of technological power
- Social division
- Alienation, loss of meaning
The dangerous thing is not stupidity.
It is inertia + short-sightedness + power without responsibility.
We do not fail because we know too little,
but because we too rarely act on what we know.
The crucial point
The question is not:
‘Does humanity have a future?’
But rather:
What kind of humanity will have a future?
- One that is controlled and managed?
- One that destroys itself because it cannot slow down?
- Or one that has learned to limit technology, power and growth?
What gives real hope (no platitudes)
- Education that promotes thinking instead of obedience
- Communities that act locally instead of just waiting globally
- Technology (including AI) that serves the common good
- People who don’t resign themselves, but get involved
These things are not loud, not viral –
but they are growing.
A sobering truth
Humanity will probably not ‘perish’.
But it could become very different from itself.
The future means:
- less taken for granted
- less comfortable
- but perhaps more conscious, more just, more human
If we want it to be.
My honest conclusion
Humanity has a future
if enough people see themselves as part of a shared history again
– not just as consumers, users or spectators.
And this decision is not made ‘sometime in the future’.
It is made now, every day, in small ways.
Friends, it continues. I would also like to know why people repeatedly allow a few individuals to tell them what is and what should be.
The question is: „Why are people not independent?
Chat-GPT says:
Because independence is not a natural state of being, but something that must be learned, permitted, and endured.
And that is precisely where it often fails – on several levels at once.
Here are the most important reasons, sober and human:
1. People are deeply social beings
We survive through:
- Belonging
- Conformity
- Recognition
Thinking independently often means:
- Standing out
- Standing alone
- Enduring uncertainty
For the nervous system, conformity is initially safer than freedom.
2. Upbringing and education train adaptation, not autonomy
Many people learn early on that
- correct answers are more important than good questions
- mistakes are dangerous
- authorities know better
Those who never practise thinking for themselves
find it difficult to learn later on – not because they are stupid, but because they are used to it.
3. Independence means responsibility
Thinking for yourself means:
- being able to make mistakes
- bearing responsibility
- not being able to delegate decisions
That is exhausting.
It is more comfortable to say:
‘I just follow rules / experts / algorithms.’
Delegating responsibility often feels like a relief.
4. Modern systems promote dependence
Many structures are designed to:
- Anticipate decisions
- Direct behaviour
- Exchange comfort for control
The more decisions are made for us,
the less we have to decide for ourselves –
and the more we forget how to do so.
5. Fear of social exclusion
Independent people risk:
- Misunderstandings
- Rejection
- Loneliness
For many, this is more existentially threatening
than a lack of freedom.
6. Independence is romanticised but rarely supported
Society celebrates it (‘Be yourself!’),
but in practice it is often punished:
- at work
- at school
- in groups
- in political debates
Those who are truly independent rarely fit smoothly into the system.
The hard core
People are not ‘not independent’;
they are kept dependent and rewarded for it.
And at the same time:
Many have never learned
that freedom also means uncertainty –
and that you can live with it.
The quiet truth
Independence does not come from willpower alone,
but from:
- Education that allows thinking
- Communities that tolerate dissent
- Inner security, even without approval
It grows slowly.
And it is contagious.
Friends, you see. It is actually quite easy to figure out what we need.
We should be independent. We should form our own opinions. We should simply no longer allow ourselves to be manipulated.
Friends – I’m moving on. Not with this text, but with the question of why we should know. This is important to me. Why?
Because, as you can now see, our lives largely depend on us knowing. Really knowing what is and not letting anyone tell us what is. By someone who, as you can see, may well have intentions that are not aimed at making us happy and content.
Friends – as always: ‘You decide.’
But – you can see how important it is that you go and do what independent people do. They don’t let themselves be seduced, but make sure they know what is going on and that they can then leave. So they can go in a way that is good for them.
Friends – enough. I will continue to point things out. I want to know. Everything, if possible. At least the things that can seriously affect my life.
Friends – I hope you will continue to stand by my side. As I said, it’s your decision. I won’t stop. It’s all too important to me.