It has occurred to me,

That the world is lacking in some kind of coherent philosophy organisation... like a Plato inc. or something along those lines. It would (to me) seem very useful for backyard philosophers such as myself to have some sort of support both on the internet and in the real world. I would think that the direction that society in general is headed in would only warrant more and more philosophers these days. Only problem is that by all appearance I'm seeing the opposite, a general decline in both notable and backyard philosophy, and from the philosopher's standpoint I (of course) question why? WHY? why are we not finding an even greater proportion of the population of this planet asking questions about meaning and existence? is it that much easier to subscribe to a religion? is it that much easier to swallow the pill society feeds us? I would think that people would slowly evolve to be more intelligent and eventually learn to put up with less of the crap thats being fed to us by our governments/religious organisations/corporations etc... but its not happening, and it doesnt seem likely to happen in my lifetime. Sad but true. I feel somewhat to have either missed the boat entirely or I have been too early with my way of thinking for this world, like a person trapped in the eighties wearing seventies clothing only to find out that it will be popular again next decade, I long to be around people that both ascribe and agree with this train of thought... though I may be waiting another decade, I will wait for you my dear friend!