Good answer. I'm just wondering because I think asking things like that is a good way to get to know people on sites like this.

Hey there Mindwolf. I have an honest question.

I like this article. It agrees with me.

What made you share it?

1. I look like an alien

2. I feel like an alien

3. I am probably not an alien

I thought for sure you were going to be talking about Space Dandy. Although some wouldn't consider that "anime"

I remember an episode of Scrubs where Dr. Cox was worried about his daughter getting sick. He does the whole overprotective parent thing and takes it way overboard. In the end JD gives him a speech about how he is going to worry more than other parents. He says that he will worry more because he's seen the worst. He knows of every potential horror story. I wish I could find a video of it but Google seems to be failing me.

I think my problem has been the opposite of yours. I remember being about the same age (8-9) when my mortality first struck me. The difference was that I was very ready to die. I was in church and we were talking about heaven. I found myself really wanting to die.

That feeling never left me, I always felt like I was ready to die. When I stopped believing in heaven so much (that's a whole different story) My feeling of wanting to die didn't go away. I've fought with suicidal thoughts throughout much of my life. Every time I got sick or something I would secretly hope that this would be the illness that would do me in.

Fighting that battle has made me pretty numb to death in general. I don't still want to die like I used to but I am ready for it. It's not something that scares me. I know that I am going to stop existing one day. It doesn't really bring up any emotions, at least not any I'm aware of. It's almost like blind acceptance.

It's kind of like death, or entropy. Things die. You have to keep pumping life into it in order to keep things flowing.

I think adding new influence halts the echo chamber effect. Everything hasn't developed into an echo chamber because humanity has been constantly expanding. We find new ideas, those ideas settle, and then we find new ones again. The echo chamber effect happens when you stop adding new ideas.

From what I've seen, the only way to deal with it is to add outside influence. You have to keep adding new voices, new ideas. The "Echo Chamber" question is basically asking how to prevent growth from halting. When you have a limited number of people discussing a topic long enough they will eventually reach a point where they can agree with each other.

I think that's a problem with civilization in general. It's how people work. I think we'd have to change human nature entirely in order to completely get rid of the echo problem.

I currently reading Time Out of Hand: Revolution and Reaction in Southeast Asia.. I'm about four chapters in and I like it so far. I'm definitely learning a lot about a culture I didn't know very well. I'm also reading through this because I need a balance of fiction/non-fiction.

Always glad to share knowledge! They have a whole series of similar books, all focusing on different topics. I'd love to have the set one day.

Aaaand, now Less Than Zero is near the top of my wish list (right behind Neuromancer). I think that is just the type of reading I need to help me with what I'm going through right now.

http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

I found this book sitting on a lonely shelf at my local used bookstore. It seemed like something quirky enough to add to my collection. Three years after reading it I have explored almost every branch of philosophy in depth. I often use it as a reference book on what I want to read about next. Before reading this book I thought of philosophy as too big of a subject to take on, something that I would love to learn but didn't know where to start. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to start learning about philosophy.

It was pretty funny also...

I'm still around but I'm mostly a lurker. I just don't have the time I wish I had. I really love Hubski and wish I had the time to become an active member here but you know how that goes. Most of my internet time I do have goes into maintaining stuff on Reddit. I still come here when I feel like sitting down for a good read.

I live here so I get the crazy weather all the time. I spent some time out of state and I was a little shocked. What kind of place doesn't get freezing rain one day and 70 degree sun the next? It's insane.

Baltimore weather is some of my favorite weather.

Dare I ask what a butt buddy is exactly?

I've been getting really into My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. I found them while looking up Sneaker Pimps, I'm really digging the sounds.

Perhaps there could be an option to see who the most active posters in certain tags are. Sure you could scan through all the posts in a tag to see who is an active poster but new users aren't usually that dedicated.

There could be a space at the end of the "tag page" or something that would tell users who is the most active in that tag. That would help people figure out who to follow based on what they post.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked them :)

I'm usually more about the sound than the lyrics. Growing up with all EDM does that to you. I really like this band because they focus on both. They have great lyrics and a great sound. They're in my top five right now.

I would love to be added to this group. This is right up my alley!

I'm not sure what this is but I see the name "Neocities" and I'm really excited.

I think posts like these are what shows us the true power of the internet.

There have been hundreds of political experiments throughout the years, all of them trying to answer one thing; what is the best way to live?

Every single one of them has failed. None of them were able to devise a perfect way of governing people. The internet gives us the power to try out thousands of these systems at lightning speed. Every website is it's own country trying out and testing it's own political system. With each new system, more flaws are exposed. With every flaw that becomes exposed, there comes a group of people trying to solve it. This has been going on throughout the entire history of mankind except that it has been tremendously slow. The internet speeds up interaction allowing for flaws to be exposed/fixed faster than ever before.

We may never devise a perfect system of ruling, but the internet sure makes it easy to see what works.

I'm really hoping that these posts help me get out of my comfort zone. I'm always looking for new music but I feel like it usually ends up being the same thing repeated over and over. I want to find something truly different...

"Here, reaching into the psyche means turning up levels of impulsive, lustful dopamine and turning down levels of calming, inhibiting serotonin."

Please don't become a date rape drug...

It's just how male lions are gifted with a mane. It shows maturity and it's intimidating, not to mention hella cute.

I think calling you an avid reader would be a bit of an understatement.

That sounds pretty interesting!

"Milan Kundera suggests that “the curtain” represents a ready-made perception of the world that each of us has—a pre-interpreted world. The job of the novelist, he argues, is to rip through the curtain and reveal what it hides"

I ordered it after reading that part in the Amazon bio. Can't wait until it comes!

I'm one of those people who read more than one book at a time.

Currently, I'm reading The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis because handwriting fascinates me, as well as Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism because suicide and terrorism are also fascinating.

The first one is pretty cool, I've been using it to help me understand/develop different ways of writing in Elian Script, something I am deeply fond of. Elian script emphasizes creativity and expression in developing your own unique version of the script. Studying graphology helps me figure out what I want my writing to portray.

The second book is really just more of a filler. I'm not as passionate about suicide terrorism as I am about writing. It has been pretty informative though, it certainly makes a lot of what's happening in the Middle East make more sense.