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Wellcome to my Tribe Page, my interface with the rest of the world. If you'd like to know what I am about, take a quick look through my photos, most of them I've taken of things around me or places I've visited. The Blog is a more personal look at some of my thoughts and experiences, plus notes on the material I am learning. I am also interested to read from you.
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My idea of the perfect future is: The scene opens on a world that appears totally primitive. People are naked, people are orgiastic, people are nomadic. But when they close their eyes there are menus hanging in space. Culture has been internalized. Culture is supposed to be internalized. All this talk about virtual reality -- people don't seem to notice -- this is a virtual reality. These are all ideas -- ideas that have been forced into matter so that we could live in a reconstruction of our imagination. And de-constructing these virtual realities in which we live is the only way to get back to some sort of baseline of what it is to be human. And then you can carry culture with you. Culture was never meant to be materially realized. Culture is an intellectual object like a philosophy or a belief system.
As I ponder the fragile nature of human life, the many changes and sacrifices one must endure - the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, one thing becomes evident.
Sat, November 7, 2009 - 9:22 PM
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Humans are very resilient. We are all descendents of survivors, in one form or another. Our ancestors lived to pass on their genes to us and gave us life. We have the inborn ability to keep going even if we don't feel we can. Although I admire the perseverance of life on Earth, I also feel it is a bit cruel (for us and perhaps other creatures), for nature is blind. Life is filled with suffering, it is not all pleasant or good, yet we persevere.
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