Comments on: Trainspotting and the Cognitive Surplus http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mei http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Mei Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:12:21 +0000 http://www.quixoticquisling.com/?p=54#comment-12 I honestly believe that Trainspotting is as valid an occupation as olympic athlete. As we all get more time left over after attending to our basic biological needs we get more freedom to do the things that make us unique, and technology is gradually giving us the tools to do whatever we want. When I first got onto the internet the thing that most amazed and delighted me was all the individual creativity and passion for a huge range of different things that the traditional media with its minimum runs and break-evens just didn't have room for. People are amazing! There is no externally-mandated point or purpose to life, therefore you're completely free to invent your own. We're all just killing time until we die, so make the most of it. I honestly believe that Trainspotting is as valid an occupation as olympic athlete.

As we all get more time left over after attending to our basic biological needs we get more freedom to do the things that make us unique, and technology is gradually giving us the tools to do whatever we want.

When I first got onto the internet the thing that most amazed and delighted me was all the individual creativity and passion for a huge range of different things that the traditional media with its minimum runs and break-evens just didn’t have room for. People are amazing!

There is no externally-mandated point or purpose to life, therefore you’re completely free to invent your own. We’re all just killing time until we die, so make the most of it.

]]> By: Mei http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Mei Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:51:17 +0000 http://www.quixoticquisling.com/?p=54#comment-9 IN UR BLOG COMMENTING UR MUSINGS. Someone's got too much time on their hands... ;-) IN UR BLOG COMMENTING UR MUSINGS.

Someone’s got too much time on their hands… ;-)

]]> By: Alan http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Alan Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:25:20 +0000 http://www.quixoticquisling.com/?p=54#comment-8 Hey Carl, I followed you over from your post to crowdsourcing. Great blog, I really had to laugh with the "sad git" comment. I was a public school anorak wearer and most probably a sad git until I decided to give up on it all, schooling, at 15. I haven't looked back other than to refresh my memory for the odd bit of writing. Cheers. Alan Hey Carl, I followed you over from your post to crowdsourcing. Great blog, I really had to laugh with the “sad git” comment. I was a public school anorak wearer and most probably a sad git until I decided to give up on it all, schooling, at 15. I haven’t looked back other than to refresh my memory for the odd bit of writing. Cheers. Alan

]]> By: Tom http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Tom Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:18:30 +0000 http://www.quixoticquisling.com/?p=54#comment-7 I like the idea that the last 50 years of couch potato TV watching is the postmodern equivalent of the mass self medication with Gin in Industrial London :D I like the idea that the last 50 years of couch potato TV watching is the postmodern equivalent of the mass self medication with Gin in Industrial London :D

]]> By: lou http://quixoticquisling.com/2008/09/trainspotting-sleeveface-and-the-cognitive-surplus/comment-page-1/#comment-6 lou Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:02 +0000 http://www.quixoticquisling.com/?p=54#comment-6 wow, shirky is a smart fella. I've never heard the term 'cognitive surplus' before. Really interesting. Passivity is lame indeed. Thankfully thats one thing that I don't suffer from! This blog is way more informative and thought provoking than mine :) wow, shirky is a smart fella.
I’ve never heard the term ‘cognitive surplus’ before. Really interesting. Passivity is lame indeed. Thankfully thats one thing that I don’t suffer from!

This blog is way more informative and thought provoking than mine :)

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