Amazing True Stories

As the modern spokes-network of free information exchange and thought circulation, it should come as no surprise that the internet is full of deep, dark corners. Not literally – nothing can be full of corners, and certainly not if all of them are to be deep. It is more akin to a lovely city that invites you in with its lure of cosmopolitan street cars, gastronomy and architecture. It sounds great, but once you’re inside it can no longer conceal its ominous back alleys, swarms of desperate and evil citizens, suspiciously boarded up office windows and crooked taxi drivers. All of this exists somewhat naturally with the more viable ebbs and flows of city living, rendering San Francisco as possibly the greatest tourist trap ever concocted.

Strolling down the main street of City Laissez-Faire browsing for goods and services to purchase, a friend and myself began to question the free market in which we are actors. We wanted to understand the goal that Coca-Cola seeks. Certainly, profit is regarded as the objective of any capitalist enterprise. But when profit is limitless, what then is the endpoint?

I once saw some kind of promotional documentary about Coca-Cola, and a spokesperson proudly announced that if you put all the Coca-Cola bottles and cans ever purchased end to end, they would reach to the moon and back some number of times. And this, I think, hints at Coca-Cola’s true objective. The world is to be Coca-Cola, and it will reside where Earth once was. Its face and its heart. And the sun too will be Coca-Cola.

Born in Newcastle, England in 1951, Gordon Matthew Sumner, or “Sting”, holds a reputation as one of the most articulate songwriters and talented musicians in the world. Sting performed for a decade-long tenure with phenomenal rock trio, “The Police”, as its bass player and lead vocalist. A man of striking good looks and remarkable intelligence, Sting then went on to pursue an illustrious solo music career. He has also starred in many films and is recognised by the public for his environmental activism and determined stance against world poverty. Sting’s success is also reflected in his personal life. He is married to film producer, Trudie Styler, and even owns a Jacobian castle in Wiltshire.

I’ve learnt a few lessons in my time. You know, those singular insights that change the way you see everything and stay with you for the rest of your life. One of those great lessons has been gradually occurring to me for a while now, stirring in books I’ve been reading and casting reflections of itself in my thoughts. But now in recent days those stirrings and reflections have found their form in a solid idea. And since I’ve put this lesson into practice I’ve watched my life change around me. As if in an exaggerated response to the new lesson my life has begun to unpack itself before my eyes, like in a nature documentary where the footage of the blossoming flower is sped up.