2011-02-04, 01:06 AM
madanthony Wrote:EMRACE IT. YOU ARE A PART OF THIS. WE ALL ARE. Do you realize how insane it is that we're even having this conversation? With a few keystrokes and clicks you've taken MILLENIA of mankind being unable to spend any portion of his life outside his immediate community or have his thoughts displayed for even the smallest audience other than his family and neighbors and you've said: "FU'CK THAT SH'IT. I CHOOSE THE INTERNET. I CHOOSE FREEDOM OF KNOWLEDGE AND AN INFINITE CAPACITY TO LEARN. HEREIN LIES MY MIGHT AND FORTITUDE. RESPECT IT." This is the technology with the power to topple governments in 140 characters or less, the power to fit the gist of mankind's entire knowledge base into a series of semiconductors no bigger than a single textbook, access it at any time and shout, "NOW I KNOW!" THIS is what you are a part of. THIS is what makes us unbeatable. THIS is the strength of man. Not in the strength of a single man, but the force of a billion little ideas, gestures, and actions coming together to MARCH RUTHLESSLY INTO THE FUTURE. THIS IS YOUR TIME. THIS IS OUR TIME.
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All made possible by people that have actually left existing marks in history for others (that also leave marks on history) to build off after their deaths. You and everyone you know will most likely not belong to this group of individuals that make a lasting change and leave behind something useful for future generations.
Rob Wrote:That's pretty pessimistic.
I like to think in a smaller scheme, in which in one point of my life I'm affecting someone else's life in a way or another.
What if you affect their lives in a negative way? Would it have been better if you were never born at all? What if you affect the lives of people you don't really care much for in positive ways, unintentionally, but affect those you truly care for negatively? Would you say still be grateful that you at least affected someone's life positively?
What if your life is but a small stepping stone for someone else to walk over on the way to the top. Would you say it was a necessary sacrifice to make for the betterment of that person?