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I came across a blog post this morning, by a blogger member named Jaimie, which essentially asked the question: “What is ‘if’? is it real?” This was my response to her article:

The function of the word ‘if’ comes from our desire to prepare for what’s ahead of us, or what is expected in the future. So lets say: If we lived in a world without the word ‘if’, we would be living in a world of taking whats in front of our eyes. The idea of a world without ‘if’ is primitive and a instinctual.

If we didn’t have the capacity to question what’s going to happen, or what we want to happen, we would be another animal roaming the earth. Like a dog, or a bird, only homo-sapien.

It’s the power to be able question our surroundings instead of merely absorbing them that sets us apart from other mammals. As an example: A dog sees a point of interest and it goes to investigate. It does not ask itself ‘what if i go and investigate? what will I gain?’ A human’s mind works in such a way that we must be prepared, with our increased intelligence since the dawn of homo-erectus. We have lost our instinctual flame, it’s been replaced by the addiction of knowledge and other factors.

Humans are capable of instinctual action, but they do not know how to unlock the part of their minds that allows it because it’s been blanketed with absolute truth and expected reaction.

So ‘if’ is real. If only to the human race.

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In Response: How to Kill the Music Industry

Posted on March 3, 2009 by enjoy0

This is in response to the article titled “How to Kill the Music Industry” by guest-columnist Jens Roland @ torrentfreak.com

Her views on mainstream music vs personal file-sharing are keen and intelligent.

My response:

Honestly, I agree with what you’ve said about the industry trying to peddle their product much too far by charging for every little piece of it. How can they blame the decrease in album sales on p2p, and – for some reason – specifically The Pirate Bay, when they have whittled their purchasing power by allowing the sale of such undersized product.

The Music industry is probably plotting to attempt the take down of one torrent “heavy-hitter” in hopes that the rest will follow out of the fear of the same fate. I can’t see this ending well for the music industry until they start looking at the infrastructure. Ironically enough, that happens to be what the world’s economy needs right now. *ahem* What it is i’m trying to get at is that perhaps the music industry needs to take an awkward-long look at themselves and their surroundings, and take a big fat hint. The one that’s been staring them in the face since the Napster-fiasco in ’00.

Don’t get me wrong, Metallica were right. Their music was being shared between thousands of people. But no one was making any money. How are they supposed to sue for the money they lost? I credit it to their own undoing (the band was having a rough time, their interpersonal issues, and not to mention, the cd sucked).

Things don’t look up for the music industry right now, Unless you happen to be The Jonas Brothers or Mylie Cyrus.

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