More of Nothing

I've been trying my darnedest to write a really eloquent piece about how science fiction is all about what it means to be human. But I keep making references that I'm sure people won't get. I'm not trying to sound pretentious but how many of you have watched Stargate Atlantis and how many of you have read Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. My whole little piece would be bogged down with explaining episodes of SGA where wraiths challenge the meaning of being human. I think I'm coming to a slow conclusion that science fiction is a very elitist genre. If you haven't read it, watched it, or heard of it, then you don't belong in our little clique! Our brand of humour is only accessible to those who know the various references. Maybe that's why I like it. We all like belonging to an exclusive group, even if you deny it you are part of an exclusive group. There's no escaping it.

Anyways, I was just looking at my past postings and reading other people's blogs while loading Sanctuary episodes 2 & 3 as well as episodes of the Smoggies! What I'm trying to say is that I got bored and thought I'd write a little something here.

I'm under the belief that my computer is exhuming an addictive fume because I'm dreadfully bored of the internet and have a million other things to do but I can't seem to detach myself. I'm kind of torn as to whether the internet helps the world or if its just going to end up screwing us over. On the one hand we can get more access to news stories from around the world, which educates us as well as allows us to educate others, hopefully. But, and I don't mean to sound condescending (when really I do mean to be mean because apathy sucks), most people I know (looking at you facebook) don't use the Internet for anything but personal entertainment. Now, playing games, looking at hilarious pictures, and pirating are all great but there is a whole lot more out there.

The Internet has the capacity to erase apathy and ignorance and slowly we are losing it to the government who fears that we are going to learn about the world and get off our butts and do something about it. No one really cares about pirating (except those that pirate and the RIAA), they care about what access we can gain to knowledge. Yet, this wide access to knowledge, to ideas, to actual ways to change the world is not being used. Revolutions were fought before the Internet when the only way to spread news of injustices was by mouth and pamphlet if someone owned a printing press. Now people are too apathetic and lazy to even participate in a democratic way. It's very disappointing.

Wow, from science fiction to a rant on revolutions....

I was going to include a personal update but I very likely turned you all off. So return to your World of Warcraft, your "itunes", or go read a book!

xoxo
-girl behind the curtain


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