I cried.

Sounds a lot like boy/girl scouts. Plus just seems like something that myself, as a teenager, would say fuck that mom that's for nerds, I'm not going.

I probably wouldn't have said fuck, mom would have beat my ass

Has anyone heard of or looked at the success of yesterdays efforts yet?

As a teenager, this one got me in a lot of trouble: "Reckless Abandon"

Anymore I tend to follow: "Don't be a bitch"

As in tough it out/dont be an asshole

I feel like a minority in this modern society but I love the smartphone. I love the wealth of knowledge accessible instantly, I enjoy texting my friends across the globe, and I like buying stuff while walking down the street. Why would I want to give this up? I don't want to give it up; I want to make it better, I want to make it private, I want to make it decentralized. It's not perfect but it's fucking awesome.

While obviously I'm not in the minority because so many people have smart phones but im willing to admit my love for the fuckers.

I have seen this, thank you though

I definitely see where you're coming from, interesting thought. Thanks for the insight.

With that situation, fewer decisions would be made by a an elected minority (which are selected from a small privileged minority) and more decisions would be made by the general population through the implementation of technology and a revised idea of patriotism (where in we dont support just support our troops and show at Walmart but actively participate in government).

sorry for the run on sentence

A system of government where you get up and vote on the day's issues like the modern day equivalent of reading the paper. Most all libraries have a computer where people without access to the internet could participate if they like the appropriate technologies.

I really like this article. I often find myself displaying many of these same tendencies. The article hints at a class war that the general population is unaware of because (cue absurd paranoia) the people in power always have us distracted the from important problems.

I dislike protestors that smoke pot and play guitar rather than studying/obtaining the skills required to better society, but the occupy movement was on to the problem. Big corporations and money run the government and, as a whole, the general public lacks the funds to change it. We need to educate, infiltrate, and modify. The problem isn't that young people can't make change, it's that after they put in the leg work to do so they want the monetary reward that everyone else in that position gets so the cycle never changes. Luckily there is at least one Snowden.

tl;dr I just downloaded the book; im excited to read it

What a stretch. If corporations are in the US with little to no taxes the corporations aren't going to put that money into raising the salaries of an already well paid working class (globally speaking). Perhaps a few more jobs would be created, but rather than expanding their business with humans they will focus on automated technologies, lobbying for laws in their favor, and increasing the size of their bank accounts.

This is how it should be, aside from the rare instances where the band owns the record label, bands make jack shit off of record sales. I dont care to pay record labels for an antiquated service and price fixing. Bands make money off of merch and ticket sales.

I used to watch Henry Rollins spoken word on VHS when I was younger, this guy is so fucking cool! Artist Talk is pretty cool as well. Thanks for sharing