games, since I do have an addictive personality, so I could finally make some progress in my life. It went pretty well because I was able to get my jobs (law internship and denim retail) and my Arabic classes are shaping up nicely. Success and overall happiness however do not weigh up to playing a 10 year old game with other 10 year olds… Oh and my dignity doesn’t matter as well. :PAnyways, I played, I conquered, I died an alien death, and I refused to grow up just yet.
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/archives/archives.html
Other aspects of my life that haven’t grown up just yet: My idealistic views on the future. I’m a big sucker for futuristic utopias and amazing technological feats. Obviously these concepts never seem to factor in the human element or the effect of society on these ideas. Everything just gets covered up in the majesty of these ideas. Regardless, I was enthralled by a Discovery program called “Mega Engineering”. It’s a show that highlights some contemporary problems of humanity and possible solutions. These range from updated NYC subways located 14 floors underground to a transatlantic magnetic subway that links London and Manhattan to a giant plastic dome over Houston.
As in love with these ideas as I am, it’s always disheartening to realize the folly of it all. If we can’t solve the simplest of problems (enter starvation/obesity and the subsidization of corn and Amtrak) what makes me think that we can solve these loftier goals. Politics is always in the way. China is obviously an exemption with its billion dollar budgets for the Beijing Olympics and the upcoming World Fair. Creating some beautifully large and complex architectural wonders. But what about everyone else? Is it all just the dream of overworked architects and poets?
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