Simple Thoughts

#1
I know that the time may be ripe, but just how the heck do I harvest it?

#2
Is it bad that all of my questions are consulted by using Wikipedia? What are the implications of having so much information at our fingertips? A hundred years ago, with no internet, definitely no Wikipedia, the process of gaining knowledge was harder, more strenuous, and demanded utmost sincerity and determination. There would have been something passionate in the quest for knowledge, something truly inspired. But nowadays, with all of the conveniences of rapid information transfer, where has the passion gone? A question that would have lit a fire under a scientist generations ago, urging him into pursuit through many long, lonely nights in the confines of some dusty library, is answered for us by some quick and efficient search engine, instant gratification stripping knowledge of its weight. Is this progress? Have we truly managed to take away all of the magic from information and research?

#3
And have we gotten to the point where we rely on constant contact with others in order not to feel alone? We're so connected, and not only with other people either. We have plugged ourselves into our aim convos, ipods, cell phones, emails, etc. A second almost doesn't go by without us being around some vehicle of communication. We've created this overwhelming necessity of staying in touch, or else we risk falling hopelessly out of touch, or worse, out of fashion. And has this increase in communication helped us, has it eradicated the globe of pestilent loneliness? I don't think it has. It seems like we've let it cheapen our relationships at times. Even with so much always being said, we've somehow managed to say less things that actually matter.

#4
What becomes of our wasted time? Today, like most lazy, weekend days, I sat around and watched old reruns on TV. How much time did i waste doing this? Let's just say, it was enough time to have studied and understood completely the material in my math test coming up in a week. But the time's instead become squandered on cable television (damn you South Park for being so addictive). Just what happens to that time though? And, recognizing that this wasn't the first time I've been fixated on the "tube", nor the last, just how much of my life is going to be spent like this? Shouldn't we consider our lives, our short sequence of moments on earth, as precious and supremely valuable? So what is the cost for wasting such large portions of it? Should there be some penalty or fine for not getting better use out of something so treasured? Oh wait, it's our own life we're wasting, it's punishment enough when we look back and ask ourselves that simple stinging, powerful question: What if I'd done things differently?