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Our God Complex

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"We are the gods now" The human race is especially good at giving personality to the things around us. One can ask whether that has something to do with our upbringing, as children where we gave our toys names and decided who the good guy and the bad guy was. Though they often are inanimate objects. Are we constantly directing our own hero's journey, or is it something else? If we look at ourselves in adulthood and consider our history and different religions, we discover the signs of same way of thought. Our primitive fear which serves as our brain's survival mechanism which was once more defensive, has evolved into the opposite where our reaction to fear often is offensive. We demand action, and seek an immediate explanation for what we do not understand. And we conjure up our own ideas if answers aren't given. The weather phenomenon lightning and the thunder that follows could have inspired an entire religion, where Thor swings his hammer while

Some Words On Inspiration And Creativity (Updated)

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There is no such thing Before I begin, I must insist you realize this fact: There is no such thing as originality. If you've ever tried to be "original", you will recognize what I mean when I say you came to a complete blank. You might once have thought you had something original, only to find that someone were already doing it even better than you had imagined in the first place. Originality is only a word people like to use to describe things that are so different, they cannot recognize its origin. Find the origin So whatever you decide to do, know where the activity originates. If you want to transcend in any particular field, to be genuinely inspired I strongly recommend you go back to the starting point. To the first ideas and creations in your particular field. Whether it is music or the arts. The first string instruments, the first composers, the first to draw pictures on walls, the first innovators of technology. Read some history on the matter. Focus on wha

New Technologies And The Super Powers They Bring

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What if you had the power to see through walls? Like this tank driver in Norway. What if you could control robots with only your mind? What if you had super-human strength? Some might say these aren't superpowers, just recent advancements in technology. I would say you are already using super powers every day, that we didn't even have 25 years ago. You communicate telepathically using your wireless cellphone every single day and you have access to most of human history instantly on a single tiny device that's in your pocket. Have you even considered what things would have been like if the internet or computers had not improved exponentially the last couple of decades? There would be no tweets. No facebook updates. No instagram photos. Closest thing to tweets would be a black marker on a bathroom wall. You would find that even your biggest library, was never sufficient. You would have to find a payphone in an emergency. Pictures of