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the answer to 1984 is not 1776
I saw this slogan on Alex Jones’ Facebook page a couple days ago and it’s just been sitting strangely with me ever since. I’ve never understood the mentality of wanting to resurrect the past, because we as a species are …
is it really spiritual if it doesn’t do anything?
“I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on a spiral, …
you gave your love to me, and now you are my property
“Baby, I know you’ve got all those crazy, lofty goals, going to art school and following your dreams an whatnot. Blah blah blah… just throw it to the side. You know I can support us all on my own and …
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten
Max Bemis, the singer/lyricist of Say Anything is lyrical genius. If you don’t know who Say Anything is, they make fun, sometimes silly, pop-punk music. But their work is immensly creative and beautiful, which I think helps to show that most …
I Refuse To Be Terrified
I’m talking now to the advertisers, the corporate CEO’s, and government officials… because I know how hard you guys are trying to make us scared. I’m talking to police officers, security enforcers, and anyone who feels entitled to hold authority …
believe nothing and understand as much as possible
I think I’m gonna make that my motto, or a mantra or something. Step 1: -Don’t believe what’s in the papers. -Don’t believe what’s on TV. -Don’t believe what’s on the internet. -Don’t believe activists. -Don’t believe special interest groups. …
telescoping evolution
Keeping in the same vein as my last couple posts about accelerating technology, here’s a clip from an excellent movie called ‘waking life’, where accelerating change is talked about not only as a technological phenomenon, but an all-pervasive one. It …
but if i wait for a holiday, could it stop my fear?
I was wrestling with ‘everybody’s working for the weekend’ as the title of the post, but in the end I decided Vampire Weekend was hipper than Loverboy. Yes, I’ve basically turned to quotes and song lyrics as the titles for …
any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Right? I mean show a guy 200 years ago a light bulb and he’d shit. Let alone a smart phone or laptop or airplane or fridge. So yeah, what I’m gonna talk about sounds impossible but it’s not. Nanotech May …
‘they’d let us play with markers, but i keep trying to draw infinity’
I surround myself with a lot of media, online, that presents radically different viewpoints than what is considered the average. I don’t agree with a lot of it. I watch Alex Jones sometimes and I think he’s an alarmist religious …
