Critiques on society at large.
The Netizens that contribute to the web typically refer to those who consume our contributions as users. I recall attending a workshop with Edward Tufte in which he commented on the fact that there are only two industries that refer to their clientele as users, the web, and the illicit drug industry.
As I watched Douglas Coupland’s “Souvenirs of Canada” I felt a great sense of connectedness with Canadian icons like the stubby beer bottle, hockey, and the word “chimo”. As I watched, my mind also went back to experiences in middle school and high school, sitting through biology films like “I am Joe’s stomach”.
As I finished watching the movie Kingdom of Heaven, in the last title cards of the movie, it was said that approximately 1000 years ago an uneasy truth was struck between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin… and that today, a certain peace still eludes Jerusalem. So, it has been in all this time that we have waged war against each other for the right to place our claim on not only Jerusalem, but other lands, …
As I watched the ending credits of the movie Pump Up The Volume (with Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis) I began to ponder as to what exactly happened to the X generation and the subsequent “Y” generation, or as the movie refers to it – whether intentionally or not – as the “”Why bother generation”.
Just read it.
Overpopulation, I’m tryin to understand… really.
Quality vs. Quantity?
