Cold Constructs Blog

Complexity is annoying because it causes problems and slows everything down. To fix this, make those complex systems simple by breaking them down into tiny components and then control them all with another tiny component. Use only what you need by having the controller pick the components you need, instead of picking the hole package just to get to one function of the system. The controller is sometimes not needed, however.

Broad words, I know. It’s just that it can be applied to many things. Decentralization of the internet, computer software, power grids, and of telecommunication networks will significantly improve the efficiency and more importantly the effectiveness of the system. It’s the best way of doing things. Try it for yourself in your own life. Break down your problems into smaller pieces, and solve them one by one, see how it goes. You’ll learn a lot.

Read this. NOW.

Idleness is not just a psychological necessity, req­uisite to the construction of a complete human being; it constitutes as well a kind of political space, a space as necessary to the workings of an actual democracy as, say, a free press. How does it do this? By allowing us time to figure out who we are, and what we believe; by allowing us time to consider what is unjust, and what we might do about it. By giving the inner life (in whose precincts we are most ourselves) its due. Which is precisely what makes idle­ness dangerous. All manner of things can grow out of that fallow soil. Not for nothing did our mothers grow suspicious when we had “too much time on our hands.” They knew we might be up to something. And not for nothing did we whisper to each other, when we were up to something, “Quick, look busy.”

America is a nation of nations. People from all over the world came to this land and combined their culture with everyone else’s. Since we are a nation of immigrants, it would only make sense to be nice to other nations. We are the descendants of those nations, so we should respect them. We came from all over the world, so we should respect the nations all over the world. But we don’t. We’ve created a new culture, called consumerism, and if we’re not allowed to consume what we want from a particular nation, we pound them with bombs.

Now we have a whole lot of hate on us, which means a lot of people want to see us die and will even take their own lives to do it. Well kids, guess what. There’s only one good way to kill terrorists: kill the reason for their hatred and thus their terrorism. Stop interfering with other nations, make allies (and for all that is sacred do NOT take actions that turn them away from you), and - I really can’t emphasis this enough - mind your own damn business. We won’t be hated anymore and people won’t want to kill us.

Problem is, the US has alienated so much of the world already that simply saying “I’m sorry” won’t be enough. The damage has been done, and it has affected everyone. I’d be in over my head if I were to say I knew how to fix this. But we always have to live with our mistakes - we just need to reap the wisdom from them so that we will get it right next time. As far as nations go there is no next time. Ain’t that a bitch.

The only thing we can do is say we’re sorry, stop all the nonsense and leave everyone alone. We’d have to put leashes on our businesses too. Among other things. Tell me, would you rather have poor living conditions or have people trying to kill you? I guess the latter is more exciting, so… American life ain’t too bad coming from that perspective.