Philosophy, cultural positions, typography all in one little package.
"Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 -- April 3, 2000) was a modern philosopher, whose main interest was psychedelics and their role in society and existence beyond the physical body" Wikipedia
An interesting piece for thought on a Sunday morning about the nature of the electronic media and it's control of "us" and thus our positions in life, and our destiny.
I wonder what he would have made of Facebook, the internet explosion, their combined time-sucking properties, and also the opportunity to view life vicariously through your "friends" all 300+ of them. I read a while ago that we, and I mean society by "we" have about 6-8 friends throughout life, people that we can count on in real life to love and protect us, and sociologists are interested in how the Facebook/My Space/Bebo phenomenon is affecting the generation that grows up with this technology and what effects this might have on their future relationships, not to mention their EI (Emotional Intelligence). Could this be stunted, steered, could we consider this to be a huge social experiment, and look on with dispassionate eyes?
Anyway, I have sucked enough of your and my time, enjoy the words, enjoy the typography, enjoy the message at the same time as considering what and why you are still at your computer screen.
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