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Help: Who's that girl?
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/technology-blog/2009/07/moon_landing_space_anniversary.html
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Please note that we're also looking for some everyday racists from the 1950s to see if they've changed their minds since. Names and addresses on a postcard please.
Sentimental nonsense. Bluntly - who cares what some random interviewee from 40 years ago thinks about the progress of society? You might as well just ask anyone at all.
Furthermore, as far as I know, no Canadian has ever been to the moon. And now no-one at all can go to the moon, so the question's moot anyway, making the search even more useless.
Furthermore, as far as I know, no Canadian has ever been to the moon. And now no-one at all can go to the moon, so the question's moot anyway, making the search even more useless.
"Sentimental Nonsense" is one of the most fun aspects of humanity.
I fear a day (it will happen) when we walk around like the emotionless idiots found inhabiting the minds and stories of authors like Aldous Huxley.
So to answer your question of "Who Cares": I do, deeply.
I fear a day (it will happen) when we walk around like the emotionless idiots found inhabiting the minds and stories of authors like Aldous Huxley.
So to answer your question of "Who Cares": I do, deeply.
well, inhabiting the mind of huxley wouldn't be very bad at all. also, i don't think this is what huxley was promoting to preserve with brave new world... i believe his promotion was that of a deeply rich and meaningful life. Things of this nature are more like the elements wrong within a brave new world; stupid mindless entertainment (after all, soma was described by him as "all the benefits of alcohol and christianity, with none of the defects").
"Dream in a pragmatic way." - Huxley
...after all, we need only look near the end of his life to see what conclusions he drew of all this as to what we ought to do: "In regard to man’s final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery of Truth, the unitive knowledge of the Godhead. The degree to which this unitive knowledge is achieved here on earth determines the degree to which it will be enjoyed in the posthumous state. Contemplation of truth is the end, action the means." (thoughts on the perennial philosophy, after he went mystic)
huxley perhaps is not the name to invoke to defend human interests in triviality, or rejections of reason.
invoking a reminder of huxley's ideas works well for rejection of trivial banter, rejection of living life as efficient strife for the accomplishment of the superficial (like finding this girl), and the rejection of making ourselves slaves to technological progress while making no progress in our deep understandings of life (like having successful startups and never taking the time to ponder the cosmic whole).
"Dream in a pragmatic way." - Huxley
...after all, we need only look near the end of his life to see what conclusions he drew of all this as to what we ought to do: "In regard to man’s final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery of Truth, the unitive knowledge of the Godhead. The degree to which this unitive knowledge is achieved here on earth determines the degree to which it will be enjoyed in the posthumous state. Contemplation of truth is the end, action the means." (thoughts on the perennial philosophy, after he went mystic)
huxley perhaps is not the name to invoke to defend human interests in triviality, or rejections of reason.
invoking a reminder of huxley's ideas works well for rejection of trivial banter, rejection of living life as efficient strife for the accomplishment of the superficial (like finding this girl), and the rejection of making ourselves slaves to technological progress while making no progress in our deep understandings of life (like having successful startups and never taking the time to ponder the cosmic whole).
Interesting that you bring up Huxley. I thought he warned against people distracting themselves to the point of functional disempowerment with mass media trivialities, which is exactly what this kind of thing is.
"I do, deeply."
There must be a 50-year-old woman living somewhere within a few minutes' walk of your current location - go ask them, then.
"I do, deeply."
There must be a 50-year-old woman living somewhere within a few minutes' walk of your current location - go ask them, then.
I've read and upvoted the parent post first.
But I think you're right.
Truly caring and sensitive people are becoming rare these days and it's not easy to identify the main causes.
But I think mass media are to blame, at least partly, for the commercialization of people private lives. It is so deeply hardwired in our psyche that even on the web this (commercializing our own self) has become almost a requirement for success.
But I think you're right.
Truly caring and sensitive people are becoming rare these days and it's not easy to identify the main causes.
But I think mass media are to blame, at least partly, for the commercialization of people private lives. It is so deeply hardwired in our psyche that even on the web this (commercializing our own self) has become almost a requirement for success.
"Truly caring and sensitive people are becoming rare these days"
I doubt people are essentially any different today. The way we communicate is different though. It's much easier to be insensitive when everyone is anonymous.
It now takes a conscious effort to always treat people as if they were standing right in front of you. There are communities on the web that get this -- and that's where I try to hang out.
I doubt people are essentially any different today. The way we communicate is different though. It's much easier to be insensitive when everyone is anonymous.
It now takes a conscious effort to always treat people as if they were standing right in front of you. There are communities on the web that get this -- and that's where I try to hang out.
I'm talking about Huxley's most famous work, Brave New World. I sounds like you haven't read it. I really suggest that you do, it is a fantastic, albeit frighteningly accurate (seriously drug companies, soma? you named your anti-anxiety medication SOMA!?!?), peak into the future.
I've read it, but I don't agree with your interpretation. The society in the book discourages love and attachment - this isn't love, it's just cheap entertainment. It's "Your Favourite Childhood Stars - Where Are They Now?" with a paper thin excuse. Admit it, if the girl wasn't a cute, white cherub no-one would care.
In case you refer to Huxley's most known work, Brave New World the people in that story where emotionless hedonistic creatures obsessing with sports, sex with many partners and hierarchy, being an a+ was all the rage.
Being emotional was a trait considered as crazy.
Being emotional was a trait considered as crazy.
I think being in deep and true relationships was discouraged, but shallow stuff like sex/sports/etc was encouraged.
The criticism that this is exactly the shallow type is valid, imho.
The criticism that this is exactly the shallow type is valid, imho.
How someone can call this story "sentimental nonsense" and eat up half the garbage people post from TechCrunch is wildly beyond me.
You've put your finger on an important issue. The same person isn't dismissing this AND TechCrunch.
But I bet you many people (like me) do dismiss both.
The problem is that different groups value each type of story, the end result being lots of TechCrunch AND this kind of stuff, but very little else.
But I bet you many people (like me) do dismiss both.
The problem is that different groups value each type of story, the end result being lots of TechCrunch AND this kind of stuff, but very little else.
good observation of contradiction; i just hope it was not in defense of this sentimental nonsense and instead, an insult to the quality of TechCrunch.
This is might be sentimental, but nonsense is being harsh.
This is basically like getting a pulse on society. Yes, it's not scientifically rigorous, and yes, it might not even be grounded in reality. But it s a nice quick test to see if society have progressed past sexual divides at all.
And it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside!
This is basically like getting a pulse on society. Yes, it's not scientifically rigorous, and yes, it might not even be grounded in reality. But it s a nice quick test to see if society have progressed past sexual divides at all.
And it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside!
Would you prefer that the news be a list of facts?
And now no-one at all can go to the moon.
If my memory serves me correctly, both India and China have active space programs that are interested in moon exploration.
And now no-one at all can go to the moon.
If my memory serves me correctly, both India and China have active space programs that are interested in moon exploration.
that would be incredible! the news as significant facts (where the editorializing was simply the process of selecting what information to share or is news worthy), and editorials are the editorials; clearly separated! I'm all for it.
But determining what is "significant" is editorializing...
Would you prefer that the news be a list of facts?
YES!
YES!
Great. We'll have that as soon as people agree what the facts are.
And a wonderful thing it is, but they're both a decade out. No-one can go now, nor anytime soon.
Who'd want to? I mean, there's dust, and rocks, and big round holes in the dust.
How's about we go someplace actually interesting next?
How's about we go someplace actually interesting next?
He3 Mining man! Well, hypothetically anyway.
... And enough He3 to make the oil business look like spare change.
... and no way to bring it back, and no technology on the near-to-medium term horizon either.
But it's crowdsourced sentimental nonsense, and that makes it Hacker News!
not valid; this site and its participants go out of their way to encourage quality discussions. perhaps this effort does not always succeed, and surely we all fail in many ways, but it is the direction and the intent of our efforts that makes all the difference.
Much better that we care about Twitter's admin password or which programming language framework has a cleaner API for handling database abstractions.
We can dress a lot of stuff up in rational clothing, but there is very little on HN that isn't, at its heart, subjective, sentimental, and not grounded in empirical research.
I don't personally care who she is either, but I wouldn't call it nonsense to care or to post it here.
We can dress a lot of stuff up in rational clothing, but there is very little on HN that isn't, at its heart, subjective, sentimental, and not grounded in empirical research.
I don't personally care who she is either, but I wouldn't call it nonsense to care or to post it here.
Very small point.
Nowhere does the article state that any Canadians have ever been to the moon.
Nowhere does the article state that any Canadians have ever been to the moon.
http://archives.cbc.ca/science_technology/space/clips/758/