meganmaySun, Mar 16, 2008 I agree with Sjef and DimitriDB that the potential for thought provoking and possibly maybe even world changing that lies here on this little plot of webspace has been clouded lately by masses of unweighted material.
But Ho! all is not lost. For one thing, if the content on Space Collective needs an upgrade then we must upgrade the content with more kick ass posts (i know i have been lagging on this) and then for two, promote each others posts like obsessive compulsive mouse clicking fanatics.
Not existing within a vacuum of stellar content draws an interesting parallel to the reality of the world, and what deluded intellectuals we would be to think Space Collective wouldn't be a little messy as well. Its a decent simulation of what kind of crap must be cut through to really change the world.
Such a battlecry as this —
I enjoy exploring this world thanks, and I'd like to see it fixed, it's resources used efficiently, and it's people united in a common goal of the advancement of our kind.
begs the question of — where do we begin?
Though it opens up another can of worms, I like Meika's 3D printer vision because it puts forward a prototype for some potential future, and the idea of creating a small village of people that apply the online downloading model to physical production sounds like an interesting experiment to see through.
The re-thinking of social structure through invention and experimentation is something I've been putting a lot of thought into lately. Ideas like creating an online nation, the end of money, using the abandoned railroad tracks of LA for personal transportation, and using human power to keep a laptop charged, are all prototypes and hypotheses that I'm in the process of putting into action on an experimental scale. Solutions to the worlds problems have to be invented and tested, and I've been thinking about a SC project along these lines for a while now, time to make it happen.
I agree with Sjef and DimitriDB that the potential for thought provoking and possibly maybe even world changing that lies here on this little plot of webspace has been clouded lately by masses of unweighted material.
But Ho! all is not lost. For one thing, if the content on Space Collective needs an upgrade then we must upgrade the content with more kick ass posts (i know i have been lagging on this) and then for two, promote each others posts like obsessive compulsive mouse clicking fanatics.
Not existing within a vacuum of stellar content draws an interesting parallel to the reality of the world, and what deluded intellectuals we would be to think Space Collective wouldn't be a little messy as well. Its a decent simulation of what kind of crap must be cut through to really change the world.
Such a battlecry as this —
begs the question of — where do we begin?
Though it opens up another can of worms, I like Meika's 3D printer vision because it puts forward a prototype for some potential future, and the idea of creating a small village of people that apply the online downloading model to physical production sounds like an interesting experiment to see through.
The re-thinking of social structure through invention and experimentation is something I've been putting a lot of thought into lately. Ideas like creating an online nation, the end of money, using the abandoned railroad tracks of LA for personal transportation, and using human power to keep a laptop charged, are all prototypes and hypotheses that I'm in the process of putting into action on an experimental scale. Solutions to the worlds problems have to be invented and tested, and I've been thinking about a SC project along these lines for a while now, time to make it happen.
cutting through the crap,
Megan