An AI Uprising?Since the dawn of time, man has fantasized their own apocalyptic demise by some element of the world outside of their own control. It’s a psychological impulse to dramatize an event that could bring an end to the human race, and the form this impulse takes is shaped by current societal norms and events. One could argue that artificial intelligence is the modern day shape that that psychological impulse takes, and it has been played up in books, movies, and shows. So, is the prospect of a potential AI singularity uprising really as extreme and imminent as portrayed in Hollywood? Personally, I have my doubts. I think we have over simplified the way we approach the threat of artificial intelligence in to a sentence: “Robots will take over the world”. This statement is not a statement that solves problems, not a proactive solution to a probable reality. I don’t believe that our technology has reached a level that will allow it complete independence of human intervention. Take IBM’s Watson, the pinnacle of AI, a testament of how far we’ve come in the world of AI. This computer has proven that a computer can be trained to learn from prior successes and failures, create a catalog of every input and output, and then use these to adapt to a given situation. The goal of Watson is to better serve humans in a natural way, in a manner that is very human like. Sounds like the beginning of a dystopian sci fi movie doesn’t it? What we don’t take in to account is that Watson, and AI alike, cannot function in a situation without prior programming. We must point a finger, tell Watson what to do, and only then will Watson know what situation it is in. We couldn’t just take Watson from an office environment to a chess game and expect to automatically adapt [1]. We would have to, put extremely simply, flip a switch so that Watson could go in to chess mode*. The Reality of Artificial Intelligence Tomorrow.It is not the singular Artificial Intelligence that we should be concerned about as a society. That is a Hollywood, borderline fictional, fantasy that has yet to prove as a viable reality. What we should be concerned about is the increasing number of day to day activities that will be handled by AI capable devices. Artificial Intelligence, and the many forms it takes, is not the glamorous indestructible robot that we’re waiting to see. This misconception causes us to overlook the current innovation in AI technology as a potential threat to modern day life. We're waiting for something bigger. AI comes in the shape of our cars, that will decide for us what is the safest maneuver in an event of an accident. AI is that personal helper, that will influence our day to day activates. AI is that small military drone, that will only require facial recognition to detect its targets. AI is tattoos with nanobots. AI is the inevitability of a society interdependent on a technology that will make moral and ethical decisions for our dilemmas. It is a much less glamorous, much more complex topic that should be addressed in a realistic manner. Defining AI: By the People, For the PeopleI want to clarify that I believe that Artificial Intelligence is incredible and I am rooting for its future. But I think our approach is what determines how our future will be impacted. What should be done? For starters, it is imperative we begin preparing for this new future now. With innovative technology comes great social change, and AI will be unprecedented in it’s ability to replace humans for many tasks. We should rid ourselves of this notion that a humanoid robot will take over our world and become more acquainted with the impact that this technology will have on us. I read a great article on Vanity Fair that lays out the multiple scenarios for the future of AI that I think is worth reading to better understand the gravity of the situation [2]. The next is to tackle the deep moral and ethical issues before this technology is in every household. We need to make sure that we retain our rights as individuals and that we are not at the mercy of whatever our AI decides. Minute details like ensuring that AI vehicles are mandated by law to have steering wheels and brake pedals that can override a computer input, so that car manufactures cannot do away with our ability to control the vehicle. Or outlawing technology that could easily be manipulated to cause harm to innocent lives. Finally, we must ask how we can use this technology to propel human kind forward. What kind of social issues could this solve? Who do we have to train to ensure that those same people aren’t just left behind as the fortunate continue to progress? Artificial Intelligence will bring momentous change to us, for better or worse. Running from it is not the answer, nor is accepting it as an inevitable fate. We have the opportunity to shape the reality of this technology. Are we just going to let a few select people and companies decide what is best for us, as we have always done? Or will we play an active role insuring that this next great revolution brings up everyone, and doesn’t just focus on the winners? This could be one step in finding a proactive solution to issues that have plagued us for hundreds of years. It is important to recognize the repercussions this technology will have, and not wait for some dystopian fantasy of ours to come true. This tech could bring great advances for us as a society, and if we embrace it, it could have unprecedented positive impacts on all aspects of the world. *Watson hasn’t been programmed to play chess, that is IBM’s Deep Blue. This example is purely for illustrative purposes.
[1] David Ferrucci et al., "Watson: Beyond Jeopardy!" ScienceDirect 199-200, no. June-July 2013 (May28,2012): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370212000872#! [2] Maureen Dowd, "Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse," The Hive, May 25, 2017, accessed December 08, 2017, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-dollar-crusade-to-stop-ai-space-x
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Cave DwellersThere is a species of the American homo sapiens that come out to play once every four years. With ears so small, they can't hear anything more than what scientists now call the "confirmation frequency", and with mouths so large, they physically cannot shut. They live in caves, yelling out from the inside about whatever they want to yell about. Once every four years, an earthquake shakes their ground. Most times, this earthquake doesn't loosen the rocks in the mountain enough to scare these dwellers out. But in the year 2015, an earthquake so tremendous hit, that it caused copious numbers of this population out in to the light. Frantic, naked, and afraid, they quickly grabbed what was near them to cover themselves up, some not even willing to look around to search for their own clothes. They feared for their lives, and as they turned around they saw their caves falling apart. They needed to find the source of this catastrophe, and destroy it for all eternity. The curious thing about this species, is that they are very similar in the way they act, and yet choose not to see it that way. Some managed to carve holes in their abode to let some light in, and some even managed to tan. Some learned the art of being articulate, others learned how to narrow their hearing. In the end, through all their efforts, they chose to be different by external means, and internally, they operated the same. They did not listen, they only talked. They did not discuss, they only argued. There was no compromise, only what was right and what was wrong. And they all searched for one thing: A fix all solution to their never ending list of problems. And this solution was easiest to find once every four years. For the rest of the time, their caves would suffice. Placing the BlameWho do you support? Do you feel the Bern or do you want to make America great again? Do you want a moderate? Are you afraid of Clinton? Who ever it is, where ever you stand, the real question is this: how willing are you to listen? Every election cycle, we look to the skies, and search for a person to descend from the heavens to fix our broken country. Trust me, it isn't Jesus we're looking for. Our dissatisfaction with today's politics lies in the simple fact that we look to politics to solve our needs. It must be the people holding the white house hostage who are destroying our country. That black president was a mistake. That white man before him was stupid too. WE WANT REAGAN. Politics are always going to be a generation behind. Let's be real, what the upcoming Americans want will never be satisfied with who is in power at that time. We should honestly fill congress with babies and let them grow in to their position. The president should be no older than 16 years old. Frankly, I hate the argument "you can't complain if you don't vote". Because the only thing voters do is complain. Congress this, congress that, president this, president that. Yay first amendment. The Cycle of Self AffirmationThis species that I mentioned above have this peculiar ability to talk without moving their lips. The theory is that there is so much noise in their heads, it leaks out of their ajar mouths. But this sound is quickly recirculated back through their small ears so any outside noise never gets a chance to enter. Another interesting power this species has is to brush the surface of everything, but to actively avoid going in depth on any topic they chose to be passionate about. They think that reading headlines is enough, that once they read the Wall Street Journal or the Huffington post, a post on Facebook is enough to draw the line between what, and more importantly, who, is right and wrong. Don't we have our own voice?Let the animals be animals, let the show be entertainment. Why do we not talk about the issues? Instead we let one person be the face of our beliefs. Again, elections and voting is a crucial part of being an American, but so is having our own opinions straight. Not just posting articles or reading the headlines, which is essentially what all news articles have become. It's about finding what you, as an individual, really believe to be the best for our country, the approach you most identify with. That means challenging what you believe to be right, questioning yourself, and forcing actual conversations with people who will never agree with you, shutting the hell up, and listening.
The collapse of modern day political culture is nothing more than us not willing to listen to the other side and have a civil conversation. The collapse of political culture hinges on the fact that it has become more important to have the first word than the educated word. We don't do our homework, read research papers, explore databases, and ask challenging questions because then we'll have to wait for our opinion to surface. Instead, every four years, we listen to a handful of people make a bunch of statements, we pick one of those people, and then write and rehearse their beliefs and make them our own. But when the election cycle passes, and a year goes by, we stop speaking out, because what can we do now? We have to wait another 3 years to change anything. The wrong person got elected, they weren't who they said they were going to be, they were the wrong person for the job. Back in to our caves we go. Let's talk Stereotyping.An infamous bad word for my hyper-aware-civil-rights-activist generation. I don't think I need to define how we see Stereotyping, but I want to bring the connotation of the word "Stereotyping" in to question. I was listening to an NPR TED Radio Hour podcast titled "Playing with Perceptions" that focuses on the discussion of Stereotypes, and the final speaker, Paul Bloom, brought up a very important point. Although we believe that Stereotypes are bad, and that they are negative judgements towards those who are different then ourselves, there are things we unintentionally do that consist of Stereotyping. Like Bloom states, we Stereotype babies by looking at them and saying, "Oh they can't do this or that", and we Stereotype the elderly by saying the same. In fact, taken in a broader context, a lot of our polite and courteous gestures are acts that potentially emanate from Stereotyping. Special treatments due to stereotyping are not always bad. Helping the elderly with heavy lifting because we don't want them to get hurt, caring for someone who has a disability in a different manner than we would a non-disabled person, all help in the betterment of our society. But I bet a lot of us have even experienced negative reactions from people towards acts that we believed to be polite and courteous, and their reaction coincides with reactions that one may have if we were "Stereotyping" against them. Are they wrong to react that way? I was just trying to help. But maybe I demeaned them in the process? And that is what gets me. I have a friend who works with a girl we will refer to as Jane, who suffers from cerebral palsy. I almost always forget that Jane suffers from cerebral palsy when I'm listening to my friends work stories about Jane. After all, Jane is just like any other 10 year old girl. But I am reminded that Jane has cerebral palsy whenever my friend says something along the lines of "Jane was just being so difficult and she wouldn't listen and it was really pissing me off...but then I can't help but feel bad for being mad because _____". Because she's just a kid. Because she's disabled. Because she can't help it. You fill in the blank. Is it that Stereotyping coming in to play? I mean, why do we feel bad for getting internally frustrated with a kid? Or someone that has a disability? Or better yet, why don't we treat them like they're any other person? Can we? Don't they have a right to feel just as normal as everyone else, or by treating them "like normal", are we robbing them of proper equal treatment? The point I'm making is this: We are quick to grip the connotation of words without questioning what falls under the definition of those words. We want to believe that we don't Stereotype, and hold ourselves at this high standard by stating "I Don't Stereotype" because we don't negatively judge those around us. But how far have we questioned what Stereotyping means? And by saying, "Oh no that's not stereotyping", are we just justifying our self proclaimed righteousness? This is an easy transition: RACISMRacism is the evil demon baby of Stereotyping. I personally don't believe that there are any gray areas when it comes to acts of Racism. So there isn't much of a discussion or insight needed in this topic. But I do want to address this issue now because it is relevant. As a minority, I am a victim of Racism, both indirectly and directly. The color of my skin, my religion, my roots, all are attacked on a daily basis. And these attacks come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. Racism, unlike stereotyping, is always bad, but its level of badness on the Racism scale weighs a lot on the connotation of the Racist act in context. What the Racist act was, when it happened, how it happened, where it happened, and in what time period the Racist act is being discussed, are all crucial elements to just how Racistly bad that Racist act was. Enslavement of African Americans, though seen as horrid in many Americans eyes in the 1800s, was not AS abhorrent as it is now. Therefore, a Racist act is weighed on the Racist scale before being outwardly porclaimed as Racist. Denial and Acceptance of the S word and the R word.So when confronted with the question "Would you stand against Stereotyping? Would you fight against Racism? What say you?" we yell "Down with Stereotypes! Down with Racism!" We are so avidly against both these things its almost completely subconscious. So subconscious, in fact, that we deny ever being okay with Stereotypes or Racist acts towards us. But when Stereotypes and, more importantly, Racism works in our favor, are we just as avidly against it? Are we still weighing it on the Racist scale? Or does it not count?
When Saudi women got the right to vote, it was a political maneuver to manipulate the perception of women in Saudi Arabia to better the image of the Country and it's leaders. So as a woman there, would you embrace this act of discrimination as a means to gain power, or would you boycott it to show your strength? If you get a full ride to a school because of your background or your skin color, do you take it as an advantage that you will use to benefit from, or will you decline it to make take a stance against discrimination? Is it racist for a boy to get a scholarship to one of the top universities because he was discriminated against? When we are faced with these decisions, ones that may inadvertently stem from Racist or Stereotypical mentalities, do we embrace it or do we fight it? In the end, one is not more right than the other. It is easy to polarize issues when you haven't faced controversy. I can say all I want that I would never embrace Racism and that I would never do anything to make Stereotypes about me true. But if someone came to me and offered me something to my benefit because of my race over my merit, would I stand and say, "No thanks, come to me when you believe I am actually qualified" or would I take advantage of that opportunity? Would I accept the Racism and Stereotypes against me in order to be, in what I believe, a better position to fight against those two things? Or would I take that moment as a chance to stand against what I believe to be wrong? It's easy to say what is right and what is wrong from the sidelines, that that is Stereotyping but that thing there isn't. We've oversimplified these topics so that we don't feel like hypocrites, so we don't feel like bad people. Asking these questions, thinking these thoughts, doesn't mean I changed how I act, but I am more aware of my actions, knowing that I am doing things because I believe it is right, not that it necessarily is. The Clock BoyIn the past two days, we have become very familiar with this title, given to Ahmed Mohamed. An overnight internet and news phenomenon, the innocent 14 year old boy was a victim of Islamaphobia and accused of bringing a bomb to school. It's not fair, to put it in simple terms. It's a complete lack of common sense on part of everyone involved. Some obvious examples being:
Some DisclaimersI believe what happened to Ahmed Mohamed was wrong and unfair. I hope that this gets blown way out of proportion and finally puts Islamaphobia on the map of social injustices. And that is all. I have no animosity towards Ahmed. He is, in fact, an innocent 14 year old caught up in something much bigger than himself. My critique that follows is directed towards those of us outraged over this criminal act. Those of us who, I feel, are misplacing their frustration and their anger and their voice. Let's Freak Out
Let's just ignore our heritage, ethnicity, and religion here for one second and ask ourselves, honestly, whether this looks like a bomb to us or not. No right or wrong answer here, just really look and wonder: Had you not known that that was a clock, what would you think? I KNOW, I KNOW, Ahmed well informed everyone that it was indeed a clock. And as I said earlier, the reactions of those who responded negatively were uncalled for and unjust. If there wasn't any sufficient evidence to say this was in fact a bomb, it should have not been any bigger of an issue. But what if it had? Does better safe than sorry still apply? To me, this looks like a bomb. But maybe not to you. Define DiscriminationAccording to dictionary.com, discrimination is "treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit". Let's put this in to context shall we? Obama reached out in support. Which is epic to say the least. But who else reached out to Ahmed? well of course the Young Inventors of North America (not an actual group so don't quote me). PSYCH, it was actually someone really relevant to clocks and racism. MARK ZUCKERBURG. Okay. Pause. - Facebook + ... = Ahmed Mohamed? Well anyway, Mark invited Ahmed to the HQ of Facebook because...well he built a clock. Please, someone, please come and tell me that this is not discrimination. Note, the definition doesn't strictly have a negative connotation to it. How is someone using a situation like this to up their PR points and score with a minority group not discrimination? Again, I would be ecstatic had that been an invitation to me. But the sad truth is, if no one thought the clock was a bomb or maybe had Ahmed not been Muslim, he wouldn't be getting invited to the Facebook headquarters. This is all pure speculation on my part, but have we considered all sides of the story that we are adamantly raging about? This Issue at HandClick this and open this. i really want you to read these and understand them for yourself but let me summarize.
and there are so many more stories. stories untold, ignored, or overlooked because the factors didn't line up to make it a Clock Boy story. so we moved past it, and didn't think twice about what #hashtag it deserved. yet a story of a middle class, well educated 14 year old boy blows up over night. because "how could it happen to us?" well it can. if you blind yourself to the world you live in, the society you are surrounded in, you become just as ignorant as those accusing you. if you build something, and your teacher tells you "hey don't go showing that around" as Ahmed's engineering teacher roughly said, than you are ignorant of where you stand. we can not and never will be able to control the assumptions people make in their heads. but can we control ourselves? there is a line we walk, and we have to assume responsibility when we cross it. it's not fair that i don't get to pick my luggage up immediately after i come back from Pakistan, and that i have to endure an interrogation because my last name is Ali and i am Muslim. but if i cause a scene, throw my hands in the air and yell, around people who may or may not suspect me already, is it justifiable? yes, no doubt. am i somewhat responsible for the repercussions? most definitely. and that's what we don't understand. it's easy to play the victim. but there are victims out there who are just trying to survive. Muslims suffering from hate of Islamaphobes. and this is the story that hits the headlines. the story everyone in the world unites for. i do hope this gets blown out of proportion. because some story out there has to make an international impact. it just saddens me that we yell, kick and scream for the stories that have a happy ending. and there are hundreds of voices muffled by our own arrogance, whose stories end with no one to read it. i want us to be honest with each other. do we only read the headline news to find our source of outrage? to voice what has already been voiced? or do we try to shed light on those suffering backstage, away from the limelight. giving our voices to those who need it. i know i don't. not yet anyway. but the clock boy story? it's whipped cream on a pile of dog shit. no one likes dog shit, so we all walk around it. but everyone screams for that whipped cream. The olden times are gone.It's about damn time that teachers moved away from their antiquated teaching style and became hip and fluent in the new generation of students. In my opinion, it was far belated. You see, my generation holds ourselves in the highest esteem. We pride ourselves in being able to find the nearest outlet quicker than a bullet striking an unarmed pedestrian and endlessly boast about our participation awards. We are the future. I love the freedom of being able to go to my parents when my teacher forces me to accept her ways. I AM A LIBERAL and free of your petty whims you witch. Red makes my blood bleed.It was always a pet peeve of mine when teachers scribbled all over my paper in that horrendous Red ink pen. Are you trying to correct me or offend me? Because in my belief system, which I have spent years (specifically 1 years) establishing, writing in Red is a sin. The devil is red too. And you say you're a christian. This hypocrisy has gone far enough. Every blot of Red ink on my paper is extracted from an antique slave driver's whip. And slavery is bad. So before I shed any more tears because of the pain you made me endure with that aggressive intimidation technique, I recommend you put the pen down. No one, not a single one of your students, can handle this aggressive, unorthodox style of teaching. If you want to really see a change in our work, give us flowers, or at the very least, a chocolate, kiss us on the cheek (make sure you are wearing a cool color lipstick, especially if you are a male teacher) and tell us we did perfect. After we sue you for sexual harassment, we will improve. It's my education. Not yours.i'm glad that our voices can finally be heard. through our parents. and our administration. they know what exactly we want. they know we don't really stress about the real world when we get thrown in there after high school. we don't worry about how little preparation we have to get our asses whooped. so thank you parents and administrators. for teaching teachers how to teach without teaching.
so get rid of homework. no more Red pen assaults. bring back the TAKS test. no more analytical and critical thinking just teach us what's in the damn textbook. you know nothing of what our real world holds for us. you come from a generation of barbarians. fools who had to learn how to survive. SIRI survives for me. don't you understand? the modern youth need a modernized education. our brains are equivalent to the number of google searches we can achieve in one sitting. we don't need to fact check. i don't have 500 followers for being a fool. i can say more in 140 characters than you can in an entire class session. everyone deserves to feel smart. we don't need to achieve it. we don't need to strive for it. we were perfect the way we were born. how dare you attempt to play God and try to take my beauty away from me. i don't need to change. the system needs to change for me. My. Blood. Boilswhen I read that an organization that takes the name of my religion would do as heinous of an act as they did on Eid-ul-Fitr. It upsets, nay, it Disgusts me that anyone who claims to be Muslim would even imagine such a horrible plot. For those who are unaware, the infamous and feared ISIS took the lives of our fellow brothers and sisters (and I don't care whether you are Muslim or not, white or black, American or Japanese or Russian or whatever, they were family to ALL of us) on one of the most important days for a Muslim. On a scorching hot day in an Iraqi market, where the temperature was reaching 95 degrees fahrenheit, a man working for ISIS drove an ice truck (yes a damn ICE TRUCK in the middle of SUMMER on EID), lured over a hundred people in need of relieving their sweat drenched bodies from the heat. A profusion of people, all out in the market with the intent that, on this joyous and Holy day, they will celebrate properly with new clothes and delicious food and whatever the hell else they wanted to do. And a man comes with an ICE TRUCK, to lure people towards a haven from the heat, only to take their lives. I'll even attach a link for you to go ahead and read: I. Don't. Care. Who. You. Are
Next time any of us want to say, "but I'm only one person", remember that quote. I don't even want to be nice about it. If you don't want to be a part of a better tomorrow, get out of the way and let those who want a better world work towards it. Because I didn't start this website for fun. I want a better tomorrow and I don't want the excuses not to do something about it. We have a voice. A voice that can reach hundreds. A voice that no one can muffle. A voice that can be used to give to those who do not have one. You want to know what I want to do for the rest of my life? Give my voice to those who deserve it. And let them speak for themselves. With no fear. With no remorse. With no filter. Only their stories, to tell us the thing we fear the most. The cold Truth. So the Question remains.I'm not saying we can stop ISIS, or that we can cure world hunger, or that we can take oppressive leaders out and fix everything (*ahem* American mentality *ahem*). But because we cannot do that, we stop doing anything. The most powerful thing we have in this world is the ability to say what we believe and to be controversial. We live in the lap of luxury. Could you imagine that on the most joyous celebration, you have to fear for your life? You can't trust your brother next to you? This story is more than just a fatal crisis. It's a slap in the face for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. We're so beyond spoiled, we can't even imagine imagining what their situation is like. So many stories untold, so many voices drowned in propaganda, so many people lost and forgotten. The only question that remains is: WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
it's underratedI think we take Happiness for granted. we don't really realize how beautiful of a feeling pure Happiness is. I'm not talking about those days where you got-something-you-really-wanted happy. I'm talking about those days where you walk with a smile on your face, the times when you treat everyone around you pleasantly. some of us have those days more often than others. when we can't find anything to really be upset about. in that moment in time, our Happiness is untouchable and we don't know why we feel so good, but it doesn't really matter. Alhamdulillah one of the best things that Islam has taught me is the concept of Alhamdulillah. which translates to "thanks be to God". a lot of Muslims say it habitually, without really thinking of why they are saying it. the beauty of Alhamdulilah is that it teaches you to be grateful for every single thing that happens. whether it be good or bad, happy or sad. it has the most impact internally when things are not so great. because you question, "why should I even think this a good thing?" I truly believe that everything that ever happens happens because God willed it. so you may question why something happens or why it happened to you, but when you say the words Alhamdulilah, you realize that in the end, whatever the why is, there is a purpose to it. it's our job to figure out what that purpose was. optimismit's a conscious effort. it's really easy to look at things in life negatively. it takes trust in yourself and the world around you. always trying to find the positives in everything, even if it sounds like you're just lying to yourself, helps your spiritual health a ton. it makes it easier to keep on keeping on. I don't have a ton of life experience but I want to get in to that mindset early. so when life throws me in a ditch and dares me to climb out, i'll be able to fight my way out and keep on moving. I know, I know. this is just one giant cliche. but the truth is, being Happy is more than just trying to be joyful. it's making the most of what life gives you, because you really can't complain about things you can't control. what you can control is how you react. that is probably the only factor that really controls our Happiness. so you may not be able to smile, or laugh, but at least you will be fighting to be Happy again. to move on, and to be stronger for the future. I'm no Happiness guruthere is a chance that I came off as a happiness shaman who knows the ins and outs of the keys to being Happy. but the honest truth is, I just really strive to be. Happiness has become something I've become more and more infatuated with and have really tried to revolve my life around. I truly believe that it can only really be positive for myself. this is one of those topics that not a lot of people really converse about because it seems like it should be innate when it really isn't, and I wanted to get the thought out there. maybe being Happy is more than just smiling. maybe it can be an actual lifestyle, one I definitely deem worth living.
Well Hello.I've never been good at introducing myself. I don't want this to sound like a resume, like you're some employer and I'm desperate to get a job. I want this website to be more about conversation, about a discussion between you and me. we all have lots of things to say, and I could go around posting them on my facebook or tweet it. but to be honest, that just doesn't sit right with me. I'll come around to my opinion about social media some other time. "what even is this?",you ask. well to be honest, i'm figuring it out with you. see there is just a ton of stuff that i wish i could do and get it formally published so that i could get input on it from those around me. say, photography projects or papers i want to write or videos i want to make, that all have a story about them. i've alway enjoyed a good story. and i hope you do to. because that is the direction i want to take my website in.
simply put, i want to create Stories. something that embodies a greater message. and i want an excuse to practice trying to capture those stories. so trek with me through this new world i want to immerse my self in and maybe we can help each other create some powerful messages for ourselves and those around us. we have a Voice don't we? I say we take advantage of that blessing and use it to better our world. |
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