Mike Politis – MTWX Editorial
Every technological leap is both a blessing and a curse.
Indoor plumbing gave us comfort but took away the snow-writing ritual. Microwaves gave us speed, but robbed us of patience. Tap a button to buy a house with a credit card, and you skip the part where you physically feel the cost.
We don’t touch our money. We don’t make our food. We don’t know where North is.
GPS replaced the glovebox map and the backseat navigator. No more arguing about exits or creased paper directions. But also—no real sense of place.
First Nations elders say you lose yourself when you lose your sense of the Four Directions. North, South, East, West aren’t just coordinates. They’re anchors.
When I travel for work, I feel adrift unless I know where North is. I’m never lost in Manhattan—because its streets follow the logic of the land. But in towns where roads loop and spiral, and no one ever seems to leave? It feels like a maze built to trap you.
And now we live by machines that tell us what to do. GPS. Alexa. Algorithms. But when you always follow the voice, you stop listening to your own.
That’s not just a personal loss. It’s an economic one.
Small businesses and decentralized systems survive because they rely on their own wits. They stumble. They adapt. They build their own maps.
But the corporate world? It’s full of followers climbing ladders that go nowhere. Assistants to assistants. Middlemen without a mission. Crowns without kingdoms.
There is value in forging your own path—even if you trip sometimes. Because the more you rely on the system to guide you, the more lost you become when it fails.
Call to Action:
Know your direction. Trust your gut. Join a movement that values independence over obedience.
Visit MTWX.ca and become part of a community that still reads maps, fixes what breaks, and chooses the harder, better road.
MJ Politis, Ph.D., D.V.M., H.B.A.R.P. (human being, aspiring Renaissance person)
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