There's an example that's often brought up when people discuss suspicion towards emerging technology, and that is Aristoteles (I think it was him at least, I always get my philosophers mixed up) proclaiming that writing was a bad thing because it would lessen the need for a student to memorise things. I've seen it used both to defend emerging technology and, in at least one case, point out that people aren't nearly as good at memorising things now.

Which is kind of the point of this little blog. I was thinking the other day about just how important song and poetry was back in those days.

Change we can believe in!

Well, kind of. I try very hard not to get set into certain frames of mind, things have to be done this way, have to be done that way, and so on. If I, or hell, someone else, can find a better way of doing things, I always try to be open to changing things. I used to play in a pbp where the community was fairly resistant to change, not without cause, mind you.

It's a simple question, really. It lies at the root of Stranger than Fiction, a rather interesting movie, once you scratch the surface a little. The author in the movie can get away with 8. Me? I don't know. Hundreds maybe.

The thing is, the moral of Stranger than Fiction is relatively uninteresting and runs something along the lines of "if you move outside your comfort zone, good things may happen to you, and if you're a good person, you're going to end up happy." It's fairly standard Hollywood fare in that respect.

Because my 350 grams of fine Belgian chocolate say so. That's why.

Some days...

Some days are good days.

That is all.