Most of life, in general, is comprised of people acting weird. Even in the most sincere cases, life is like this. But that’s the big idea isn’t it? Everything is silly and cannot be taken seriously ever. But at the same time, everything is sacred.
This next part is especially for Alisha and Laura, but is equally important for anyone who loves old men as their own offspring:
“I wish I’d written Our Town. I wish I’d invented Rollerblades.“
–Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake
SPOILER ALERT*: I can’t really talk about this without ruining the surprise.
I have been considering my karass today. (All of this probably has to do with the amount of Vonnegut I have been consuming of late.) I can’t exactly pinpoint who these individuals might be, but I know it must involve the Internet at some point. I love the idea that we are unknowingly working toward some greater goal together. It’s not anything we plan. Life, the Universe, plans, they all progress on their own.
*You should read Cat’s Cradle or this if you are in a hurry.
Published on
June 26, 2007 in
Future.
I have been saving this for a rainy day. It is the dirty secrets. The nothingness.
I want you to come to the next level with me. This involves taking big risks. Challenging each other. Becoming better together.
I have been finding new outlets of critique. [1][2] They have informed me on a new level. Sometimes it takes a new view on a situation to move things along. I am constantly trying to revise/refine. I try to work on this everyday. I have invested myself heavily in this project. With time and money, but also with all my love. In the future, feel free to contact me directly with your concerns or questions.
Finally, I am also convinced, but cannot prove, that we humans have an instinct to collaborate, and that we have rational reasons for collaborating. I am convinced that ultimately this rationality and this instinct of collaboration will prevail over the shortsighted egoistic and aggressive instinct that produces exploitation and war. Rationality and instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us to a planet without countries, without wars, without patriotism, without religions, without poverty, where we will be able to share the world. Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this; but I do want to believe that I believe this.
–Carlo Rovelli
So what does the future hold? The future is filled with incredible people who all want to work together forever. That is also the present and the past. People finding each other. Connecting. That’s how we found each other. Don’t you remember? Now we are in this together.
So, let’s all breath and remember what this is about… collaboration… peace… you and me.
