The Metropolis Organism, blog post #18, 
Casting a Net for One

When most people write a blog, they cast a net wide, hoping to gather followers. Success is measured in numbers: clicks, likes, shares, subscribers. 

I am grateful for a few friends and occasional curious click, They are being kind and I appreciate the expression.

My goal is different. I cast my net across the world not to gather many, but to sift for one. Just one person. Someone who knows the philosophy of science, who understands what I am saying, and who is open enough to discuss it.

(Dare I say it—it is intellectually lonely out here, but I have a lovely wife and family to keep me warm.)


Why Most People Don’t Care

The truth is, most people could not care less. They are too busy living their lives to bother with speculative, conceptual questions about existence. Part of me envies them. Life might be easier without this burden of thought.

Others—my dear friends among them—try to be sympathetic. With the best of intentions, they take my non-human perspective and gently twist it back into a human one. Of course, I love them for this. They are on my side. After all, I am human too. But they miss the point. And I don’t push it. That wouldn’t be kind.

I’m not trying to be nice. But I am not trying to be cruel either.


Rejection and Resistance

Then there are those who catch a glimmer of what I mean and reject it outright. Some understand the implications all too well—and don’t like them.

I understand. I don’t like implications either either. But I cannot clothe myself in illusion. It doesn’t fit me.


The Point of Writing

So again, I write not for numbers, not for an audience, not for a following. I write to reach one person. One person who sees the Metropolis Organism as I do: not as a metaphor, but as a reality.

One person who has studied the philosophy of science, who can grasp the implications, and who is open to an exchange of ideas.

I haven’t found them yet. And I wonder—will I ever?


This article resonates with themes explored in The Metropolis Organism — a video series examining cities as literal biological systems, where human beings function not as masters, but as necessary organelles in a living urban body.

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