January 2012
34 posts
How many of my ideas are my own?
If you take me as a person, how much of who I am is actually composed of conclusions I came to on my own? Without media-generated ideas, advertising, or values forced onto me by my friends and family, what is me? How can I know if an idea is my own or if outside forces have been leading me to come to a predetermined conclusion? Am I just agreeing with your idea, or am I actually creating my own?
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SOPA and PIPA really scare me.
Congress really has no idea how the internet works. Google, Twitter and Tumblr have no control over what people upload to or link from their websites. Why then should they be considered enablers of online piracy? Imagine the resources required to parse through the millions of Google and Facebook offerings every day looking for pirates who, if found, can just toss up another site in no time.
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When I read the news, about the bullshit in government, of the injustices of society, I just get depressed. And angry.
People are better than this. They just have to be.
“The message is that life is a dream and we have the power, as dreamers, to make...”
– Ian McDonald writing about the Beatles’ masterpiece A Day In The Life
“The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we...”
– The War of Art (via nevver)
