Cutting the Cord

There’s a finite amount of time allotted to each life. Decide who or what you want in yours.

- Jo Mooy

Every human is tied up in some type of restraint that binds. We’re held captive by beliefs, traditions, ethnicity, religion and culture. Parents, friends and family persuasions influence much of what we do. Alas, the greatest restraint keeping us bound up in knots is inertia. We think about making changes in our lives, but it’s so much easier to sit around whining about it, rather than doing something to change it.

Those­ cords­ can ­be ­cut.­

The internet, TV and social media hold the strongest grip on our lives and on our collective consciousness. These electronic ties sway our beliefs so intensely that even educated minds fall victim to mass hypnosis. As “alternative facts” replace Socratic inquiry, truth disappears and reasoned individuals go underground. They cannot face the endless onslaught on values. But, there is a solution: Cut the cords that blind and bind you.

The phrase “cutting the cord” refers to leaving the confines of cable boxes and connecting to the world through another medium—specifically streaming. In 2019 there was a staggering 48 percent increase in cable “cord-cutting” saving subscribers an