Science Fiction & Philosophy

So you may not think these go hand in hand, but they do. Think about every futuristic setting sci-fi story you know, maybe all you can think of is I, Robot or maybe minority report. What do they all have in common…say it with me kids…social commentary with philosophical undertones. Now I wish I could spend them time and break this down but I just can’t…so here are a few articles on the subject.

http://www.philosophynow.org/archive/articles/34madigan2.htm

http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/scifi.html

http://www.amazon.com/Intersection-Science-Fiction-Philosophy-Contributions/dp/0313224935

http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Science-Fiction-Michael-Philips/dp/0879752483

http://huizen.daxis.nl/~henkt/science-fiction-philosophy.htm

So use that time that I obviously don’t have BUT YOU DO and read a few articles and books. It might make you appreciate sci-fi. Oh! if you don’t like what they are saying…maybe you could write your own.

Hmm…

You scored as Divine Command. Your life is directed by Divine Command: Your god and religion give you meaning and direction.“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.”–King James Version of the Bible “Even as a tree has a single trunk but many branches and leaves, there is one religion–human religion–but any number of faiths.” –Mahatma Gandhi More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page… Divine Command 100% Kantianism 80% Justice (Fairness) 80% Existentialism 75% Hedonism 65% Utilitarianism 60% Strong Egoism 25% Apathy 5% Nihilism 5% What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) created with QuizFarm.com

A Drawing….

You thought Barney was scary!?

Japanese kids shows show the true nature of japanese school girls…

What makes you come alive?

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.”
–Howard Thurman

I love this quote and am trying to live it. However, I still don’t know what makes me come alive. I get excited talking about a few things;

1. Theology

2. Star Wars

3. Politics

4. Personal Finance

5. Music

6. Poetry

7. Science Fiction

So I have seven things that really get me pumped when I talk about them with people. I would have to say though that Personal finance really gets my blood pumping. I just get excited about giving information to people that is going to help them succeed. So maybe I need to join the millions of other people who are financial counselors. Who knows…do you think I would be good at anything in particular? Let me know!

Here is a guy I look up to…Dave Ramsey

Money…what keeps me up at night

Of all the things that keep me up at night…money is numero uno. Not school, not death, not work, not relationship issues, nothing keeps me up as much as money worries. I think this is why most of the bible focused on money issues, because if you are like me money is always on your mind.

My wife and I have have been following the Dave Ramsey (Total Money Make Over) plan for about 5 months very seriously. I became familiar with his plan about 2 years ago but never really got focused. As he says, however, intensity is everything. While it hasn’t always been fun, it works. The concept of acting your wage and not using credit, ever! Are things the average American millionaire practices in their lives every day. The average American spends 122% of what they make, do you see a problem here?

I have had to work extra hours as well as a second job to do it but this weekend another one of my debts will be gone. I can’t tell you how much peace comes over you every time another debt goes down. With a $1000 emergency fund in place and sweat on our brows we should be out of consumer debt in January. All we will have left is a car payment and a student loan. I will probably spend the next 2 years fighting this debt off but as Dave says “Live like no one else so that later you can life like no one else”

Go ahead and click on the link I put on the right hand side. Also I have put his rss feed onto my sidebar with some great articles.

Enjoy! And happy debt killing!

A dream and an Idea

So I had a dream last night of a new product that will soon be gracing the shelves of every major electronics store…or not. Here is the idea I had in my dream; A large widescreen lcd that is surrounded with a picture frame…this picture frame has a camera in it that uses face scanning technology to take the person’s face who is looking at it and place it into pictures of your choosing. So you look at it and bammo there you are in a Seahawks uniform.

How COOL is that? Well back to work…perhaps some dreaming.