...I prefer the "shut up and enjoy the ride" philosophy. Nihilism?
Memetics? Oh brother...
This thread is beginning to remind me of that part in Good Will Hunting when
Will and the Harvard dude get into an argument over socio-political theory
in the middle of the bar (or whatever the hell they were arguing over).
So, my question is this - how ya like dem apples?
;-P
J to tha muthafuckin' S ya'll
quoted 46 lines From: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
>From: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] memetics for brunch
>Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:09:15 -0700
>
>on 4/23/02 9:38 AM, SHADETEk Records at shadetek@hotmail.com scrawled:
>
> > What's nihilistic about that? We're all crawling with parasites, doesnt
> > mean we aren't interesting, fun people. If the end product is the same,
>who
> > cares if it's motivated by free will? I don't mind being part of a
>billion
> > year domino chain, even if it does invalidate my claims to being a free
> > agent. Actually I find the latter idea a bit more liberating. Like the
>man
> > said, we may be out of the trees, but we sure as hell aren't out of the
> > woods.
> >
> I like that quote about being out of the woods...
>
>rollercoasters aren't that exciting. While you are being hurled about and
>looped and making hairpin turns, you can only actually move in a very
>limited way.. you can only squirm within the constraints of the mechanism
>of
>the device that holds you in place. Same difference if are actions are
>constrained by ideologies that 'infect' us. I suppose the optimist would
>read this as an 'shut up and enjoy the ride' situation while the pessimist
>would be griping about how tight the restraints were.
>
>~g
>
>np. Eno's Airport Muzak <-token mention of music.
>
>--
>Greg Smith
>http://www.laiad.com
>"There is no such thing as a perfectly accurate clock. The nearest you can
>get is one that has stopped. Although you never know when, it is
>absolutely
>accurate twice a day." - JG Ballard/Chronopolis
>
>
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