today someone asked me "did you have a good weekend?" i replied "weekend?" he was laughing..."wow you completely lost your day concept! today is monday!" i couldn't even realize today was monday, i completely lost time concept, what day is today...since i have been working all the time, i didn't realize there was a weekend....what a fast mind change out of regular job....
Monday, February 26, 2007
Freedom, Independence......Selfishness?
a friend of mine responded back to me with this question. "i'm come to realize that freedom and independence are
extremely overvalued in our culture and generation, and are often used to rationalize selfishness."
Is it really? i think if someone claimed their selfishness as freedom or independence, i would say they probably misuse the term or didn't understand what freedom means or what independence means.....
freedom: from wiki: as a philosophy, it means the ability to act consciously, in a well-balanced manner and with self control in a given constructive direction. politically, it means the right or the capacity of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. When I say freedom, i mean more the first definition. Freedom doesn't mean you can destroy yourself at your free will or selfishness...however, i do admit that this is hard concept to define...what is freedom truly....i like Karl Marx concept around freedom....
"Marx was concerned ultimately with human freedom, reviving the ancient concept of communism, wherein human beings could fulfill their cooperative roles within society without fear of exploitation." (from victorianweb org, brown university). Of course, his concept for freedom is related to insidious modern capitalism. Capitalism can provide illusion of freedom to human being and at the same time, the system will exploit labor...when he talked about freedom, it is originally from consciousness of men...my question is who determine this consciousness? we believe we determine something consciously, however, is this truly from us? or from our society? is our free-wll truly from us? or even that is defined from our generation?
one thing I cannot forget from G. Orwell's 1984, winston smith's last words (I don't remember exactly though), "I love big brother....." what really is freedom to us?
extremely overvalued in our culture and generation, and are often used to rationalize selfishness."
Is it really? i think if someone claimed their selfishness as freedom or independence, i would say they probably misuse the term or didn't understand what freedom means or what independence means.....
freedom: from wiki: as a philosophy, it means the ability to act consciously, in a well-balanced manner and with self control in a given constructive direction. politically, it means the right or the capacity of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. When I say freedom, i mean more the first definition. Freedom doesn't mean you can destroy yourself at your free will or selfishness...however, i do admit that this is hard concept to define...what is freedom truly....i like Karl Marx concept around freedom....
"Marx was concerned ultimately with human freedom, reviving the ancient concept of communism, wherein human beings could fulfill their cooperative roles within society without fear of exploitation." (from victorianweb org, brown university). Of course, his concept for freedom is related to insidious modern capitalism. Capitalism can provide illusion of freedom to human being and at the same time, the system will exploit labor...when he talked about freedom, it is originally from consciousness of men...my question is who determine this consciousness? we believe we determine something consciously, however, is this truly from us? or from our society? is our free-wll truly from us? or even that is defined from our generation?
one thing I cannot forget from G. Orwell's 1984, winston smith's last words (I don't remember exactly though), "I love big brother....." what really is freedom to us?
Sunday, February 25, 2007
The day I left Walmart.com
Am I a Prisoner? that was the first thing i was thinking when I walked out from the walmart.com building. it was sunny and bright....after i gave my 2 weeks of notice to michael, i was happy and full of excitement of what i will be doing...suddenly feb.23. friday, i realized that wow, i'm all alone, by myself from now on....i have been belong to communities, either school, company or family even....but for the first time in my life, i'm not belong to anywhere.....
there is an interesting analogy for a prisoner...after they released from the prison, they are supposed to enjoy their freedom, love their free life...the future is widely open for them...however, somehow they miss their cell, they miss structured life, they miss being told what they are supposed to to....strange...suddenly freedom is not the thing they can enjoy, it's a burden for them...they don't know how to enjoy their freedom,,,,
so i was thinking, what i will be? am i going to miss this cell? or am i going to enjoy this freedom, full potential in my life? i want to see, and explore what type of person i am.....
there is an interesting analogy for a prisoner...after they released from the prison, they are supposed to enjoy their freedom, love their free life...the future is widely open for them...however, somehow they miss their cell, they miss structured life, they miss being told what they are supposed to to....strange...suddenly freedom is not the thing they can enjoy, it's a burden for them...they don't know how to enjoy their freedom,,,,
so i was thinking, what i will be? am i going to miss this cell? or am i going to enjoy this freedom, full potential in my life? i want to see, and explore what type of person i am.....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
