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About Me

Location:
United States, Oregon, WI
Current organization:
The Blacktooth
Past organizations:
Product Design and Development, Writer / unpublished
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Writing, Cultural and social communication, Philosophy
I am:
Artist, Atheist, Buddhist, Idea generator, Job-seeker, Journalist, Musician, Performer, Photographer, Writer/Editor
Languages:
English
My website links:
The Blacktooth
Universities:
University of Wis Oshkosh
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I'm passionate about

The development and progression of music, culture, community, and literature on personal, local, national, and international levels.

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  • A comment on Conversation: Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse?

    Sep 26 2012: I just wrote an editorial about this... http://www.pddnet.com/blogs/2012/09/how-lose-your-job-robot
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    A comment on Conversation: What motivates you?

    Sep 25 2012: Struggle and detriment. Nothing motivates me more than being frustrated with my situation OR seeing somebody who is in a position that they shouldn't be.
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    A comment on Conversation: What advice would you give a younger you?

    Jul 23 2012: Read and write MORE!
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    A reply on Conversation: Fill in the Blank - What the World needs now is __________ ?

    Jul 16 2012: Couldn't agree more!

    Or, ask how somebody is doing, and actually wait for the answer. You'd be amazed at how many people don't know what to do when you actual wait to hear how they are today.

  • A comment on Conversation: Fill in the Blank - What the World needs now is __________ ?

    Jul 16 2012: A secular approach to everything.

    If we remove religion from political decisions and actions, many wars could be prevented before their initial disagreement gets off the ground. This certainly isn't the solution to everything, but I think if everybody could check their religion at the door when it comes to communication and cooperation with others, we would make a lot more progress a whole lot faster.
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    A comment on Talk: Shilo Shiv Suleman: Using tech to enable dreaming

    Feb 22 2012: The most profound thing about this talk, for me, is how applicable these ideas can be brought to culture in general. As a writer and literature nut, I greatly appreciate the craft of telling a story, but the essence of a story is based in culture. The magazine that I own, The Blacktooth, is based on these awesome ideas of establishing a re-understanding of our culture. Taking the new to the next level by embracing the collective past and culture. Granted, my heavy metal culture is very young and tiny compared to the Indian and other international cultures, but the concept is the same. Thanks for the great talk!
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    A comment on Conversation: The Culture of Want; the Now generation

    Jan 27 2012: I agree that the youngest generation is a culture of want, and want now. There is also a kind of value that this generation and mine (I'm 27) have for intangible things. We have, and have had, access to the internet from early school days, and this has diversified us. The fact that there are more apps than you could ever discover is wonderful, but the down side is the lack of wonder these highly technological devices create. We've become detached from how difficult creating something so incredible can be, similar to how our parents became detached from where our food came. We don't give processing a second thought these days; the same is happening with electronics; and I'm sure future generations will see a similar pattern with something else. Technology will always advance, and being a culture of want when technology makes things easy to get isn't all bad. It's only when we disregard what goes into those immediate gratifications that they start to lose value.

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