B o o k s

The books I bought (:


1. Notes to Myself: My struggle to become a person by Hugh Prather

2. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris

The b o o k seller

This dear sir sold me books for $2 each! and then gave me discount haha, so it only costed me $3 to buy two pretty sweet books. One of the books is brand new and the other I suspect was pre-owned. [There were some underlining going on. haha.] but I love it.

so, if you live in the city you might find some pretty great deals! Go exploring.

U p d a t e!

Last location: Second Cup, Markham, Ont.

And I q u o t e

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself"
- Andy Warhol

Dear S t r a n g e r

I asked him if I could take a picture and he complied happily, I gave him my change as a thank you note.

Something M e a n i n g f u l

"It is the ultimate form of “Divide and Conquer” for at its very core are the assumptions that (1) We must fight each other in order to survive. (2) Humans must have this reward “Incentive” to do anything meaningful.

As far as Number 1 (We must fight each other in order to survive.), this characteristic of ‘competition’ in the system guarantees corruption in society on every level, for the basis is “us against them”. Many argue that the “free market system” is good… but it is corrupt in the modern day due to bad policies, favoritism, bailouts, etc. They assume that if a “pure” free market was allowed to flourish then it would be okay. This is false, for what you are seeing today IS the Free market at work, with all its differential advantage and corruption. No laws will ever stop the insider trading, collusion, monopoly, labor abuse, pollution, planned obsolescence or the like… this is what the competition based system produces without fail, for it is based on the premise of taking advantage of others for profit. Period.

We must begin to transition out of these oppressive ideals and move towards a system which is “designed” to support human beings… not force them to fight in order to survive. As far as Number 2, (Humans must have this reward “Incentive” to do anything meaningful.) this is just a sad and an incredibly negative perspective of the human being in general. To assume that a person must be “structurally motivated” or hence “forced” into doing anything, is just absurd. Think back to when you were a child and had no idea what money even was. You played, were curious and did many things… why? Because you wanted to.” -thezeitgeistmovement

I believe there is more to people than the social cynical view of the human race.

To test my theory, I will be starting a progession/movement. And I’m hoping it’ll be successful! but that really depends if people of our world can resist temptation to do something with meaning.