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10:15 on (another) Tuesday night
After staring at the city through my giant windows for a long, long time, I’ve come to the conclusion that modern society thrives on individual unhappiness, which is the opposite of... happiness, yes. And by happiness, I mean a broader condition than just smiley-happy, of course. I mean balance, fulfillment, joy, evolution, satisfaction, peace, etc. But all these things are really non-productive to our society in its present stage.
Here’s my point: unhappy people have cravings and addictions. They eat more, they drink more - they buy more. They spend money. So a capitalist society needs an unhappy population to prosper. So does a religion; unhappy people tend to need miracles. They need to pray more often. They hope for salvation. They seek guidance and counseling. Politics also rely on the unhappiness of the voters. The electoral process is based on the power of insatisfaction rather than that of satisfaction. Happy people probably won’t vote as much and if they do they won’t elect the most eager and corrupted parties. The war machine needs unhappy people to support its absolute craziness and to approve killing in the name of this and that. The entertainment industry feeds on unhappy people because they are the prime audience, being more vulnerable and more easily influenced.
So in the end, being happy despite the trend is basically latent anti-conformism. Hippies might have been right in more than one way. To be happy is to protest the stupidity of our society, it’s a form of passive resistance to the self-destructive tendencies of our race. Happy people go against the flow. They not only have to protect themselves from the demons inside, but from those outside too. So kudos to happiness. And here are my two happy pictures of the day.
« ...Shiny, happy people holding hands...
Date of comment: 2007-06-14 08:11 •These are not happy pictures!!! Stark buildings? Eeeeerk!!!!
And the tap drips drips drips drips drips »
« What do you mean? There’s blue sky, and pink clouds, and a sunset.
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Date of comment: 2007-06-14 09:51 •"This is the happy house
We’re happy here in the happy house."
« You are So right. We thrive on unhappiness.
Date of comment: 2007-06-14 09:32 •The worse being that most people will say you’re being pessimistic...
and then drive straight to the nearby shopping center. Or to a junk food counter. Or to a liquor store. Or a
lottery stand.
We give our body and mind everything.
We forget the essential : our poor deserted soul. »
« http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=K2X4LW4GT1BOUQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=199904259 »
Date of comment: 2007-06-14 16:07 •« Note:
Date of comment: 2007-06-14 21:37 •I normally block or remove comments like the one above - unsigned and containing seemingly random links - but I was intrigued by the URL and checked it out. I’m glad I did; it turns out the anonymous anonymous writer was submitting a very interesting news post about Kodak’s upcoming « breakthrough » CMOS color filter patterns.
To make a long story short, they are planning to introduce a fourth « transparent » pixel to be added to the conventional Bayer 3 color (RGB) arrangement. That new pixel would record high quality B&W info to be combined with the RGB.
The bottom line is, this is beginning to smell a lot like out « of the box HDR » to me...
Thanks for the link! »
« Estas en lo correcto. Este es el mejor post de cualquier persona que he leido en mucho tiempo. Hoy dia todo gira alrededor del capitalismo, dinero, quien es mejor que quien etc. Que bonito seria dejar la civilizacion atras de vez en cuando y ser uno con la naturaleza. chao..
Date of comment: 2007-06-15 08:48 •Me encanta tu forma de pensar y ver el mundo. :) »
« You’re welcome for the link - sorry for posting anonymously. I also saw that part of this technology includes digital cameras no longer needing a flash...!? »
Date of comment: 2007-06-25 14:29 •