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Enjoy this fortune cookie Sunday post.
Tag: philosophy
Social Mobility, Cultural Hegemony, and the Social Web
Cultural Hegemony represents a Marxist philosophy that one social class among many rules over the others to prop itself up. (more…)
Where Imagination and Technology Collide
Building Sand Castles in Time
The existence of endless opportunity doesn’t diminish our need to create. We are all kids building sand castles. I feel connected to my own castles, and find comfort when others enjoy my work. We can’t resist the urge to mold and shape reality to better match our imagination. The primal urge to modify our environment is inseparable from being human.
Go Hack Yourself
Conjure motivation and enthusiasm from apathy. Quick tricks to short circuit mental barriers of slack and hunger.
Creating a Legacy
A Flickering Candle
The analogy of a candle flame to the sum experiences of a single life is a beautiful reminder of our precious gift. Each of our individual existences is brief compared to the timescales of:
- nations
- civilization
- the human species
- life on Earth
- our solar system
- our galaxy
- our universe (more…)
Satisfaction versus Happiness
Before I begin this brief analysis I’d like to share a video of Dan Gilbert from TED talking about happiness that inspired this post (Thanks to Paul Buchheit for the share on friendfeed). Dan’s premise is that happiness falls within the realm and ultimate purview of the observer. He goes on to explain that self induced (synthetic) happiness is just as good as natural happiness (getting what we want), in contrary to conventional wisdom.
In addition to a lively performance accompanied by some interesting data, Dan Gilbert shares a few quotes that aid in making his point. (more…)