The Supernatural Second
The golden nanosecond—that intoxicating instant when you convince yourself you’ve cracked the code of existence. You’ve solved life. Totally nailed it.
It is the moment when the only opinions that mattered were those of people who, in the end, do not. The cheap glitter of approval from the cool kids, the nobodies—nothing, it seemed, could possibly mean more. Hormones, narcissism, the shiny distractions of youth: all of them burrowing into the skull like some elegant parasite, a virus quietly rewriting your operating system from the inside.
Beats、Jimmy Iovine與蘋果Tim Cook：音樂的官僚化未來
蘋果以30億美元收購Beats，讓Jimmy Iovine主導音樂的未來。但這究竟是遠見之舉，還是矽谷將叛逆精神換成官僚主義的象徵？
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Utilitarianism Deontology
u•til•i•ta•ri•an•ism n. The belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its utility. n. The ethical theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill that all action should be directed …
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Fountain of Youth, But Not Quite Immortality – 1
Roughly 7.2 Billion humans on Earth today, by 2025 (at current reproductive rates) estimated to be 9+ Billion. If we are to continue current resource consumption rates without drastic change, serious innovation are needed. Thankfully, …
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Vox populi, vox Dei,
Vox populi, vox Dei Voice of the people is the voice of god. Or as many simply translates, majority rules. Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae …
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Immortal End Time Bullshit
A “religious” world… Really? Christianity has heaven to look forward to. And for some, returning on a chariot of fire lead by a nude dead dude. As for the other Bronze-Age compliance schemes that has been …
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Beats, Jimmy Iovine and Apple’s Tim Cook: The Bureaucratization of Music
Apple’s $3B Beats acquisition puts Jimmy Iovine in charge of music’s future. But is buying hype the move of a visionary company — or has Silicon Valley traded rebellion for bureaucracy?
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