Been a busy beaver, developing software this summer so very little time for much else. Let's see, highlights:
1. Set up site blocker so I block myself from visiting news aggregation sites during working hours. Must...break...news...cycle...
2. Building software that may, at some point in the future, get used to govern the free world. Or, may be used in large corporate promotional campaign. Still, having fun...
3. Raising my boy.
Haven't been thinking much about the philosophical substrate of our democracy which was the intention of this blog, but hey, it's summer. Enjoy it...the general campaign is coming, and I'm sure I'll be full of ill-advised opinions then. Peace...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Rev. Wright
Once again, you have to be kidding me, right? We are trying to select a leader based on the philosophy of his pastor? To me, this simply shows how absurd it is that we have such a position (president) in the first place.
I don't know about you, but I am not a child. I do NOT need a father figure, my father works nicely, thank you very much. I do NOT need a president/king to guide me, tell me right from wrong, etc. People who DO need these things are retards, and by that I mean they are retarding our growth as a species.
It's time we cut the for-profit media and politicians out of the system. However much I like Obama, and I do, I certainly don't need him to guide me or my country. Nor do I need McCain, or Mistress Clinton. I think the only way forward is to build the future, and mock those that would hinder our progress. Take heart, and as Obama says, have hope.
I don't know about you, but I am not a child. I do NOT need a father figure, my father works nicely, thank you very much. I do NOT need a president/king to guide me, tell me right from wrong, etc. People who DO need these things are retards, and by that I mean they are retarding our growth as a species.
It's time we cut the for-profit media and politicians out of the system. However much I like Obama, and I do, I certainly don't need him to guide me or my country. Nor do I need McCain, or Mistress Clinton. I think the only way forward is to build the future, and mock those that would hinder our progress. Take heart, and as Obama says, have hope.
Monday, February 11, 2008
back...and we're not insane.
For anyone who would think that having an election on the Internet is insane, have you been following the methods we have of presidential party nominations? IE: caucuses and primaries, some states not being counted because they went too early, etc? You're kidding me, right?
The whole reason the current system exists is because it is based on the bad technologies of previous times: quill pens, bad roads, human slaves. Why do we tie ourselves to these archaic systems of self-management?
The answer is simple and depressing. It's because of demagogy. Politicians exploit the current system to get into positions of power, and even if they have good intentions, the political system itself gives them and their cronies too much power without equaling accountability.
No self-respecting web 2.0 site would allow such an imbalance.
The whole reason the current system exists is because it is based on the bad technologies of previous times: quill pens, bad roads, human slaves. Why do we tie ourselves to these archaic systems of self-management?
The answer is simple and depressing. It's because of demagogy. Politicians exploit the current system to get into positions of power, and even if they have good intentions, the political system itself gives them and their cronies too much power without equaling accountability.
No self-respecting web 2.0 site would allow such an imbalance.
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