Resistance is futile.

I’m a Star Trek fan and the 1990 episode “The Best of Both Worlds” had an interesting statement that came from the Borg.

"Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile. We wish to improve ourselves. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours."

This seems to me to be selfish or, at best, non productive. I don’t agree with the part about cultures adapting to service ours. In fact, I’m also not sure about the part concerning adding biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. I do, however like the part about resistance is futile. Let me explain...

The Universe does not create problems. Through free will, we resist change in our thoughts or in our actions, to the point where friction presents itself as a problem. In other words, problems are not created by the universe, they are created through our own free will choices. At least those choices that divert us from our path.

A part of my belief is that we are here to grow in awareness and understanding about ourself and how to apply our energies in a way that brings balance. This means that the what goes around comes around law, creates an arena that moves us to a greater balance and awareness. The law ultimately directs us along a productive path. Resistance to the personal changes that are needed for full awareness of our path, is futile. At least if we want to solve our problems without too much consternation.

Here is a rewrite of the Borg perspective that is more agreeable to me...

In the long run, strength applied toward resistance of change, is futile. Through free will we wish to improve ourself by adding cultural and technological distinctiveness as part of our own knowledge. Through diverse knowledge, my perspective will grow and change to a better understanding of my uniqueness.

The above statement could probably still use a bit of tuning up but it provides a good start. What is your version?

What Do you think?

Sam