In a perhaps biased and not wholly factual retrospect, to me the 80s was the beginning of an era of decay. It was an era in which hope ended and visions of bright futures diminish. Indeed, during the 80s one can notice that Sci Fi began to reflect a "dark" dystopic future. The elites however, did not find this to be much of a problem. Actually, it' ( Read more... )

"The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. " -Camus

Sometimes, after post-toast, I get a bit into a pensive mood.

I began to think about Camusian Existentialism and Existentialism in general ( Read more... )

In 2 years the first decade of the millenium will close...

The only thing noteworthy of what passed of this new century is how easily it is for a president, a nation, its people to 1) Bring back a huge deficit after the previous one got rid of it (thanks to the .com boom). 2)Declare wars that became unpopular yet for some reason not everyone is ( Read more... )

Basically, I sometimes just write about random stuff when I'm bored. Now I'm going to make it more into a habit and post it here.

I wish to write something with a philosophical "ring" to it...but I find it hard for some reason. (Maybe it's because I always have the feeling that its been discussed before.)

I actually prefer if people asked ( Read more... )