21st Century Misfit

Musings on Art, Music, and Tech

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I enjoy good conversation and a good beer or two... "Beer is far more than a drink, it is a token that a man can move his limbs and stretch in safety."
- Erich Remarque

Archive for May, 2008

The real value of Guitar Hero

Monday, May 19th, 2008

My son just got Guitar Hero III, and I was skeptical at first if it was worth it. I mean, if you want to play guitar, buy a guitar and practice, right?
I play guitar already, albeit badly, so I get a bye, okay? Well, let me just say, Guitar Hero III is awesome. [...]

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In William McNeill’s World History, he makes an interesting point about evolution in general. He states that “when cultural evolution took over primacy from biological evolution, history in its strict and proper sense began.”
I noticed a parallel between his comment and Ray Kurzweil’s idea of the singularity, the point at which technology causes or becomes [...]

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