Prose | Kamiel Choi

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation introduces vaccine against Affluenza

SEATTLE, Washington - Following recent outrage over a 16-year drunk driver who got convicted to only some rehabilitation after killing two and wounding several other people, because he suffered from "affluenza" (the disease of being insanely rich), a spokesperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that they have successfully developed a vaccine ...

Think like a network [draft]

It is nice to focus on our own social group. The search for more community spirit seems to be a common denominator of many people who have fallen, for various reasons, out of love with the individual consumerist worldview and its promise of satisfaction through material saturation. So we head for the exit, we dream ...

The Aura of Stuff

In Sacred Economics, the invaluable free e-book by Charles Eisenstein, the author calls for a new materialism, and I agree with him. It seems paradoxical that strong opponents of consumerism see something positive in stuff. We all know where our stuff comes from, we know about the morally indefensible sweatshops and the physically unsustainable processes ...

Let It Snowden

Oh the government spying is frightful, But the data is so delightful, And since he has no place to go, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden It doesn't show signs of stopping, And I've bought some eaves for dropping, We've gotta be smart and lay low, Let It Snowden, Let It Snowden, ...

Sharing

Let me come on with an attitude and say I'll debunk a myth today. Inspired once again by our baby daughter Miru, I started questioning the common belief that babies don't share. A quick look-up on the BrinPage machine (i.e. Google) confirmed that this is indeed what our experts think. Why? Because "So basically what ...

Republican Senator Defies Gravity

Senator Ab Pallin has given a short speech yesterday, denouncing the scientific status of the theory of gravity. "Like all else our scientists come up with except marketable products, we are dealing here with just a theory. Don't let them tell you anything, my dear fellow freedom loving, god fearing citizens. Here's all there is ...

I don't sing in the shower because I'm happy - I sing in the shower to make myself happy - Austin Showers

Habits addendum

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article here about our fundamental quality as creatures of habit. In a short addendum, I'd like to mention my own experience with regards to changing habits. Just a month or so ago, I watched a short video about squatting, but not the kind you would typically do in ...