Monday, July 19, 2010

Sleep Deprivation

I wonder where the intersection point is for "time gained from sleep deprivation" and "loss of productivity from not having enough sleep".

Admitting Mistakes

Although it is somewhat rare for someone to admit that they were wrong, it is even more rare for someone to admit that they are continuing to be wrong.

DUI's

Do you think the amount of DUI's leading to accidents is inflated because the people who would make the decision to drive under the influence are the kinds of people who would be more willing to engage in dangerous driving tactics even if they were not impaired?

Society's Wealth

We, as a society become more and more wealthy as we create more and more, non perishable items. Because we as people are perishable we would pass down the non perishables so each next generation would start off at a more wealthy starting point. This seems like it should have a greater impact upon standard of living than practically any other factor.

Music Emotion Connection

I believe that the music industry is corrupting people's emotions. Music influences emotion, the music industry manufactures music and thereby manufactures specific emotions to be felt and to eventually become comfortable to the person who listens to the music and feels these manufactured emotions. Eventually this leads to people feeling more comfortable with these manufactured emotions rather than the impossibly complex emotions that we as humans feel naturally. Only through independent music, each artist truly expressing their own complicated emotions thought their music can we overcome this corruption of natural feelings.