Def: Not prepared in advance; impromptu, a few unrehearsed comments, ad hoc, on the spur of the moment, an extemporary lecture, with little or no preparation or forethought : an off-the-cuff remark.
Ryan Moore
Ken Brockland
Michael Thomas 
It may sound noble to say, “Damn economics, let us build up a decent world” – but it is, in fact, merely irresponsible.
With our world as it is, with everyone convinced that the material conditions here or there must be improved, our only chance of building a decent world is that we can continue to improve the general level of wealth. The one thing modern democracy will not bear without cracking is the necessity of a substantial lowering of the standards of living in peacetime or even prolonged stationariness of its economic conditions.'
- F. A. Hayek
I feel miserable right now... I am seriously on the verge of minimalism... do I care if my seriously reduced consumption speding adversely affects the economy? No. Why?
Lately I've been feeling extreme content towards consumption in general. Branding and the manipulative use of imagery in advertising are bringing my perspective on freedom down. I feel like 90% of personality is dictated by this "infotainment telesector". What ever happened to culture? In my opinion, there is really no such thing as "authentic" western culture. American culture is created by the largest service industry, advertising. Who is your typical blue-collar, rural living man? Well, of course, its the guy with the Rangler jeans changing the oil on his Dodge Ram 1500 while drinking a Coors (silver bullet).
Over half of a two year old's vocabulary consists of disney characters. care bears, and wiggles.
I've had too much to drink. I will continue this conversation later with more rationality.
Sweet dreams.
hi ken, I didn't know that anyone was still posting around here. Did you see all the notes from econ? I have been just throwing up my notes, in liue of actually creating anything. I have been pretty busy, follow my link on on this comment to see some pictures...
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