Life is like

beer.

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Call & Response

i love open source. quite simply it's an inevitable outcome of the information age and it's beaauuuuuutiful. it's cool that justin dillon took that idea and applied it to a humanitarian movement and it seems like he understands open source.

so where will open source take us? the question goes back to what the world looked like before technology. people are always driven to do stuff, and things had to get done. but without blackberries to keeps everyone connected to everyone else, people naturally formed structures that were hierarchical. kinda like standard deviation. but things are shifting now, and we're seeing a shift in power to the masses. do you see the change? humanity is not being dragged from the top, but moving in harmony. injustice and corruption is being exposed and punished. the gears and hinges are being polished and greased. the definition of self is shifting from 'I' to 'We' and identity will fade to black. humanity itself will form a consciousness and humanity itself will determine our fate. singularity.

one more thing. no one needs to be explained that human trafficking is "wrong", yet it still exists. there's players on both sides that are constantly moving the issue in different directions. i dont question justin's intentions but i ask myself, where does he think this is going? he mentioned several times that he had no idea what he was doing. he just found something he thought needed to be changed and went around trying to change it. honestly, that's awesome. but at the same time, like anyone else who strives for change, his efforts are ultimately

My destiny found me
It was clear why the struggle was so painful
Metamorphosis, this is what I changed to
And God, I'm so thankful

I think what I like about Nas is how dynamic his character has been throughout his career. His legendary debut album Illmatic received incredibly positive reviews for good reason. As a 21 year old his songs centered around what he observed in hometown Queensbridge, New York, and no one in the rap industry could portray life with such complex lyricism like he could. With obvious talent he rose to stardom pretty quickly, but his next two albums were received with mixed results. Everyone demanded another Illmatic, but always moving forward he continued to release music in his own direction. His fourth album Nastradamus was a complete tank and everyone HATED it. Critics cried out that he completely sold out and that his career was over. Jay-Z took the opportunity and shot down Nas in the song "Takeover" and declared himself the king of New York. With his future looking bleak, he released my personal favorite album Stillmatic. Don't get confused by the title though because this album is nothing like Illmatic. But instead of describing this album to you, I'll let the author do it himself. Like a true lyricist, he explains his album in one song better than I can in this entire post.

His evolution from street observer to over saturated superstar to his own personal enlightenment resulted in what I see in him now, a man with purpose. For that alone I have mucho respect for him.

Nas - One Mic

...in fact, I bet if they had a consciousness they would revere their hosts. They would probably do some kind of rain dance and shit in hopes that we don't send antibiotics all up in their grill. But like I already said, it's not that bad. In fact, I would argue that it is a thing of beauty.

I spent the weekend creating efficient search algorithms for my EECS project. remember in The Matrix keanu reeves was like "how do you stare at that thing?" referring to the cool streaming green lines on the screen. and the black guy was like "i see blondes, brunettes, redheads..." well i've been programming so much lately that i see an entire universe in that pixelated screen. i create and simulate worlds, mess around with variables to find unexpected results, and find cool new things that i never thought of before. it's gotten to the point where i'm starting to see the world in algorithms. let me tell you, human beings are one of the most beautiful creations ever. the complexity, detail, depth, everything extends infinitely off into the future. i can not tell you what we were designed for, but i can tell you that right now we have a tendency to act like viruses. through worn bodies and tired minds we continue to live