January 7, 2012 - 12:48 PM
“…the universe is vast and senseless, capable of doling out horror and beauty in random increments.”
December 12, 2011 - 2:08 PM
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I think it’s really interesting that I brought the price so close to stealing and made the movie so easy to get and made it so clear that it’s a human offering that it sparked a debate about pirating.
[T]o steal from someone and not feel bad, you either have to be a sociopath or view the act differently. One way is to remove “Someone” from the equation. You’re not stealing from a person. Big companies do a lot to help people view them as less than human. I heard a speech by Noam Chomsky who said that corporations are like super humans. They cannot be hurt like a human can and they never die. They are not susceptible to scrutiny or accountability. this makes them more profitable. If companies want to enjoy these benefits to some degree they have to live with what else comes with being not human. you miss out on compassion, forgiveness, camaraderie, empathy, trust all kinds of shit.
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— Louis C.K.—who made his latest
album available for download for only $5 on his website—making an excellent point about internet piracy and corporate personhood (from his
Reddit AMA thread)
(via killingbambi)
December 8, 2011 - 11:21 PM
“
Lose this day loitering—‘twill be the same story
Tomorrow—and the next more dilatory;
Each indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days.
Are you in earnest? seize this very minute—
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated—
Begin it, and the the work will be completed!
”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Faust
December 8, 2011 - 11:19 PM
Do small things. Trust me.
Some of us get so over or underwhelmed by our ideas, dreams, and goals that we end up making no progress towards them. Some ideas are so big that they are daunting to even begin. Some ideas are so mundane as to be seen as unimportant to begin today. Some ideas are so complicated or advanced that we feel intimidated or unworthy of beginning. Just do something. Do some small thing. The smallest manageable thing that you can do. Because oftentimes it’s enough. And you’ll feel so much better about yourself.