Free World

So I'm sure you heard by now that Google announced their new OS, which is good news to me, not because I'm overly excited for a new browser, but because big companies are challenging big companies by releasing open-sourced technologies. It's genius really, a whole globally connected army of technologically-minded people are aching to get their hands on something that can compete with big markets, decentralization is the key here, the world's getting more and more connected and it's because of moves like this that allows them to create the future known as the free world.

I've become more and more opinionated on this subject the more I read into it. The Pirate Party, heard of them? They recently got a seat in the European parliament, it's a growing movement that basically wants to usher in the new age of technology by reforming information laws. Simply put, information should be free. Hard to say that to the thousands of starving artists out there that depend on people buying their music and art to feed themselves, but look at the bigger picture long enough, and you'll see all the money going to all the wrong places. I think it's better this new way and it will only take time before the system as we know it right now collapses and begins to foster a new era of write/re-write culture that will multiply art and entertainment ten-fold easy.

I mean, it's easy to talk as a futurist, we all live in an era where we can actually see the trends becoming apparent and being applied at faster rates, it's only a matter of time and more and more people are starting to realize it, I'm just glad I get to be a part of it, really.

On a different note, I personally have started to feel lethargic, I always had a sort of feigned interest in most of what I do in my day to day life and it's in desperate need of change, so I started a different train of thought to help me through this stage of life. But I quickly realize that if you have a life where you form a routine and a set of habits, you'll discover hundreds of things that will try to pull you away from any goals you might have. I've been researching this specific topic actually, in trying to find the true nature of how focus is maintained and distracted, and I think I'm really onto something. As far as my personal life goes though, I either have to take a significantly more active approach in finding opportunities, or I have to become more consistently aware of opportunities as they come to me. Either way, school and work don't leave too much time for anything else regardless, so it's a bulk equation as it is.

Well, there's hope to be had yet...