ostensibleArchitect:     
ok zeth
i have just been thinking
Right, I'm gonna put my serious hat on
dualAdministrator:     
right
ostensibleArchitect:     
and you should listen to me intently and actually take this shit in.
dualAdministrator:     
um
ok
ostensibleArchitect:     
You already know everything I'm about to say
ostensibleArchitect:     
but you will respond well to my sentiment and the way I re-iterate it toward you.
dualAdministrator:     
right
ostensibleArchitect:     
I'm currently sitting here with my phone which is about to run out of battery
It's not connected to anything, however
the battery is going to die any minute
yet
halfway across the room I have a laptop
sending music to my phone
through the AIR.
ostensibleArchitect:     
MUSIC. THROUGH THE AIR.
That's INSANE.
dualAdministrator:     
le gasp
ostensibleArchitect:     
I'm serious, though
dualAdministrator:     
electromagnetic waves!
how do they work?
I DUNNO
ostensibleArchitect:     
can you even comprehend how sophisticated this shit is?
dualAdministrator:     
Kind of
but not really
ostensibleArchitect:     
Humans have harnessesd the power of electricity SO WELL that we can send MUSIC invisibly through the AIR.
That is INSANE.
That is just
completely
batshit
insane
dualAdministrator:     
since the turn of the last century, even
ostensibleArchitect:     
Yes!
The world has just
totally changed so much
dualAdministrator:     
xD
ostensibleArchitect:     
I am listening to my favourite musical artist
he lives in Austin.
That's roughly 8000 miles away from me.
I've recently pledged $100 to his band so that he can perform
In a really high-brow location
so he can get some decent backing, a real record label
that kind of thing
dualAdministrator:     
All without leaving the comfort of your home!
ostensibleArchitect:     
and in return for each pledge
ostensibleArchitect:     
he will do a different thing
my pledge, at $100, is for a song
and entire 3-4 minute track
subject of my choice
written for me
dualAdministrator:     
niiiiice
ostensibleArchitect:     
that is AMAZING.
FROM EIGHT THOUSAND MILES AWAY.
That is MENTAL.
dualAdministrator:     
You better not screw up the topic—it'll take another 6 months to cross the atlantic and then travel by coach to reach him with a new request!
ostensibleArchitect:     
Oh, it's up to the rest of the world now.
ostensibleArchitect:     
There's this really great pedging system
dualAdministrator:     
PEDGING!
ostensibleArchitect:     
basically you put forward a provisional pledge
saying "if <human> reaches <his goal> I will give this amount of money"
and if everybody does this
the virtual pledge reaches the goal
dualAdministrator:     
yes
ostensibleArchitect:     
and the site extracts the pledge from each person
dualAdministrator:     
yes
ostensibleArchitect:     
a website
an automated system
dualAdministrator:     
yep
ostensibleArchitect:     
takes money from people months after they say "hey i love this guy, that's cool"
that is AMAZING.
and in return I get a song written for me by my favourite musician
dualAdministrator:     
It's nice to know people aren't either overlooking or sounding pretentious over the little things nowadays.
ostensibleArchitect:     
And people say that life is going downhill.
Nothing is downhill.
Nothing at all
dualAdministrator:     
heh
ostensibleArchitect:     
sure, people get murdered
people get sucked into religious or political wars
but that was always the case
ostensibleArchitect:     
right now there is so much MORE to life
and we get to experience this
due to MAGIC.
Magic is the name Technology assumes immediately before one understands it.
Magic, Ethan.
Sure, today people can't apparate or levitate
but I am SURE that one day we will be able to
dualAdministrator:     
It would be awfully handy.
ostensibleArchitect:     
It's
amazing
can't you
just
take in how stunning this world is
this entire existance
Everything
regardless of its origin
ostensibleArchitect:     
is beautiful..
and I LOVE it.
and that is, what i believe is, the meaning of life.