tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562902590047431006.post5764728472250985023..comments2023-11-05T03:30:59.476-05:00Comments on Black Elixir Neat: The Ballad of Greg FeelyBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12885989992799259852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562902590047431006.post-58622825283283697002010-03-08T17:46:24.288-05:002010-03-08T17:46:24.288-05:0013: The prospect of these forms and columns becomi...13: The prospect of these forms and columns becoming obsolete, while operatively something I'd like to see gone, becomes a little more daunting when I consider the idea that if we were to become an info-based economy, the amount of general surveillance and commoditification (New Words I Make! Khaah!) of an otherwise private life give me the willies. That said, now that we've developed external organs of the internet, housing and liquid assets, it's up to us to evolve them from where they are now using the best means available. It's a slow act of shaving down the "ha-durrrr!" that blocks us as a species from accepting novelty to get this stuff going.<br /><br />BCth: Thank you for the much-needed perspective on outside governments. On the whole, America's media input tends toward mis-information, if not outright dis-information. Baah bahh, corporatism blah blah blah The Prisoner/acid trip loop blah.<br /><br />Y'know, there's something to be said about apathy toward government. While these structures seem to provide humanity with the centers around which its decisions circulate, like nerve clusters, they're pretty useless if their decisions send us careening toward oblivion. While changing the structure from within seems the optimal way to handle the situation, having outside perspectives on these structures provides those with the gumption to wade through the political mire with input that can revitalize a system with new information, essentially opening up the system to manage the increase in entropy.<br /><br />When it comes to dualistic mindsets, it sometimes just pays to know when it's showing up in the management of one's thoughts, and if the ways that it shows up can find constructive use to whatever you're doing, as far as innovation and healthy competition go. If it's just "the other guys" and not "The Bad Guys," we can maybe figure out how to best act as organs, liguistically the root of words such as organic and organization. <br /><br />Lastly, if either one of you get to pick up The Filth by Grant Morrison, it's a heck of a book about the priorities of life, and much more.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885989992799259852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562902590047431006.post-25782501654599984342010-03-05T15:07:16.364-05:002010-03-05T15:07:16.364-05:00"I wouldn't mind the well-managed sociali..."I wouldn't mind the well-managed socialism that seems prevalent in Scandinavian countries, but from what information has crossed my path involving these countries, the whole of it seems pretty well-managed and oriented toward the benefit of all citizens."<br /><br />Perhaps in a relative sense... but in fact we have been no more immune to greed and corruption than the good ol' USA. Government mismanagement and failure is as much a fact of life here as it is there. Only the degree and flavour of it differ, probably by less than you might expect. Due in part to a growing sense of this, people here are increasingly turning away from the established mainstream political parties in favour of parties that challenge the encroachment of the EU and tackle serious issues with less disingenuousness and tired rhetoric and more candour and common sense. It seems like too little, too late to me sometimes, but mostly I just can't bring myself to care. I'm a terrible person that way. :P<br /><br />As to the point you were making here, I would agree and say thanks for pointing it out. That darn dualistic mindset just obstinately insists on seeing things its way -- until we become aware of a different way to see.the BCthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608185584714061872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562902590047431006.post-41449227879221812052010-03-02T18:41:10.150-05:002010-03-02T18:41:10.150-05:00Delete Comment From: Black Elixir Neat
Blogger 1...Delete Comment From: Black Elixir Neat<br /><br />Blogger 13 Muluc said...<br /><br /> I hear you, Ben. The prospect of filling in forms fills me with resentment and aversion. It seems like every year there is more and more demand for pointless busy-work. It feels like I'm being conditioned to submit to arbitrary, intrusive demands. Actually, I do suspect that's what is behind it. I suppose it could be viewed as practice in maintaining equanimity regardless of conditions. I'd certainly consider that an accomplishment if I could manage it, lol.<br /><br /> March 2, 2010 6:39 PMAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203600454983599509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562902590047431006.post-36882603712878407902010-03-02T18:39:57.077-05:002010-03-02T18:39:57.077-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203600454983599509noreply@blogger.com