I’m at rock the bells right now and it’s such an interesting group of people that are here. People from every possible background, different cultures, totally inconsistent socioeconomic backgrounds. There is really mo consistency in anything here, and it’s wonderful. It seems like the Internet age has further helped to blur the gaps. Though that is only speculation to how such a diverse group can converge, I feel that people’s appreciation of types of music is greatly due to the ease of access of so many different varieties of music. Furthermore, the creativity of artists has been fueled by the same access to multiple varieties of music. The music here also follows this eclectic convergence. A mix of hip-hop, rock, old school, electro, indie, baile funke, etc all combined to create amazing music. This helps me look forward to the future.

I think I need this. It can help detect when a person’s mind wanders, and I’m the guiltier than Hitler when it comes to staying on topic. But when the mind wanders it seems that there is an indirectly very positive effect of coming upon other topics that when combined with the original might lead much more interesting ideas then the first or another tangential topics on their own. Yet another tangent. Point in case…

Maybe its just most useful when you really need to focus, like flying an airplane, driving a bus, driving a semi, drinking alcohol, etc..

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/fancy-brain-scans-can-detect-when-the-mind-wanders/

A friend passed on this article and it is my style: lots of analogies.  Helps get the point across for sure, and that point is knowing what your place is in business: employee or boss. As well, understanding peoples roles in business, the effects of a growing business, the employee hierarchy, etc… I will be honest and say that I have not read the whole thing. But it is because it is a few pages long, and I am partially writing this blog post as a public bookmark back to the article.

You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss

I’m cleaning my room while I have the time, just clearing out old files and stuff. Of course when doing this its expected to run into nostalgic items. I found something I was excited about when I wrote it, but since has collected dust. Now it can be permanently archived on the web:

“Rules? Here are my rules: what path one person creates will not be duplicated by another. No two people have the same tragedies. no two people have the same successes. No two people see with the same eyes. No soul can be reasonable or beautiful unless it’s made by one central idea. A life isn’t borrowed hunks of other souls. Its maker gives it the soul and every action, thought and passion to express it.” Howard Roard + AAK

This was a little adaptation to a passage from The Fountainhead, definitely one of my favorite books ever. Enjoy…

So I am not exactly done with school yet, I have a freshman level sociology course to complete and I am working on it as we speak. As I post anyway…

So here is the latest thought:

As humans we unconsciously categorize things around us: books, people, clothing, music, products, etc… It is not something that is directly negative, but rather a contributor to treating each “thing” differently based on its category.

Therefore it is important to understand how we categorize and understand the effects they have on each “thing”. As well, we should attempt to simply acknowledge these categorizations and the general concepts that are associated to them, but not limit each thing to how it is categorized

The example above was taken from a book, but is no means any categorization I place all my friends in. For the typical social view of masculine vs. feminine things, they are generally true, but how many of you could put all of your male or female friends into one set or the other?

Again, it is important to acknowledge generalizations, but not to place an entire group into one or another. Anyway, they are generalizations…general, not specific.

Enjoy…

So I am not trying to categorize anyone, or toot my own horn. I very simply want to start off by making a distinction between simple minds and complex minds at this particular moment for me.

Simple minds are those that do not consider every possible outcome, whereas the complex minds do. The simple minds simplify equations by dropping the unlikely variants from sight up front, and deal with them later on only if they arise. The complex minds consider all variants up front, complicating the equation any time it is used.

Generally, by simplifying things one can achieve great speed and agility, and overall greater happiness.

One might ask why someone may want to be a complex thinker? I don’t say I know the answer, but I will say that complex thinkers swing both extremes of pessimism and optimism.

I think the only reason this blog entry exists is due to arriving at one of these extremes. I’ll allow the user to be the judge…

But I would like to reverberate one theme in life that I feel is of great importance: happiness through simplicity™.

I am in California right now and working on my computer as I have been all day. I’ve only taken 2 breaks to go eat lunch and dinner. Meanwhile, there has not been much interaction with people. On these 2 outings to eat, I drove down to the local markets and picked up some food. While driving, I realized it was kind of lonely. That I have been interacting only with a keyboard all day. And not to forget the mouse.

I just jumped back on the machine to continue working and had a bit of dread that I was trying to shake off, feeling simply that I was on my own working here. But then a little blue guy on my system tray popped a message: “Steven Nason has just signed in”, and made me remember that there are other people online.

Though we are not directly interacting, it gives a strange sense of being right next to one another. I was talking to Kat earlier today, and she is in London. Hell, it isn’t physical, but the concept of having someone else there is rather comforting. It’s like having a pet. It may not be a person, but for those who like interaction, it is damn comforting.