Stuck No More
Whispers in the wind,
Thoughts walking over themselves:
Can it really be?
Clockwork gears overturning.
Desperation pressurized.
Whispers in the wind,
Thoughts walking over themselves:
Can it really be?
Clockwork gears overturning.
Desperation pressurized.
God’s hungry stomach,
It yearns for celestial
Wherewithal and fare.
Yet there’s little room for thirst.
Thin streams of water bead down.
This is the 2nd version of Libracracy: a utopian manifesto that pays people to learn and decide in the future.
My heart lies on strings,
Feeling all perturbations,
Those stress vibrations—
Like a spider does for prey,
But praying for relation.
Sometimes, those who blindly embrace any new technologic advancement scare me more than technophobes. Both extremes are incorrect, but let me explain why progress without deep examination is not only dangerous; it’s evil. Our culture—saturated in wonderful technologies that mediate dialog, art, music, social experiences, technologies that extend life and its quality—is arguably becoming increasingly short-sighted with a short attention span that demands instant gratification. Those extreme technophiles who, for example, refuse to look at the scientific evidence casting a negative light on transgenic crops, don’t want to wait for future studies. They don’t want to have to read any more studies. They want life to be easy and better now. They want the Singularity—and its lofty promises of immortality—within their lifetimes, no matter the cost.
MOT meter: Capital Punishment
Neumann MOT reading as of 8/28/13
(Based on the book by John C. Macidull, “a Margin of Theft”)
I’m a lover of words. I use language to identify myself and others. I connect memories by composing an autobiographical narrative.
It’s so arrogant
For one generation to
Presume that it “has
Always been this way” and worse
Still that it shouldn’t be changed.
As some of you regular readers may already know, I’ve written a glowing review for “a Margin of Theft,” by John C. Macidull. I believe in the methodology he wishes to spread. I’ve yet to see his commonsense analytic technique spread like wildfire as I’d imagine it ought to. Bearing that in mind, I’m committed to try my own hand at a “MOT (Margin Of Theft) meter.” I decided to analyze the United States motivations for fighting Syria. I hope you all will check out Macidull’s book and webpage.