Tag Archives: 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.

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Where Imagination and Technology Collide

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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…

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Go Hack Yourself

Conjure motivation and enthusiasm from apathy. Quick tricks to short circuit mental barriers of slack and hunger.

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Creating a Legacy

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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:

  1. nations

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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…

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