Actually, a more precise statement would be that I can't stand the way I spend my time. I don't believe that the human brain can be lauded as anything special unless it puts itself to use and finds a mission that exceeds the daily drudgery, the expectations of your environment, and the normative force of contemporary thought.
I have goals. I have ambitions. I am unhappy with the way that the world works, and I'm dissatisfied with the state of the Universe.
I want to eliminate what I perceive to be inadequacies. I want to propagate the values I hold dear to me.
Listening to the ideas of people who don't think about the same things I do is a waste of my energy. More and more, I realize that the few interactions I can get with worthwhile thinkers are not best done through facebook. Getting on the level of Da Vinci, Tesla, or the other polymaths is not a feat that can be accomplished while trying to get along with the apathetic masses.
Even having understood this, I have for a long time felt the urge to use facebook to express my thoughts and experiences. These are two important motivations of mine, and I don't think I can really eliminate the need to satisfy these drives. But to do it in a way that depends on my ability to provide instant gratification and sardonic verve is unhealthy. I'd far rather put my thoughts together in a cogent fashion that requires me to fully develop my train of thought and organize the necessary components of the larger ideas and feelings.
So I will transfer the time I have spent on facebook to a more meaningful endeavor, and use it here, recording my thoughts for myself and the one or two people who ever perchance come across it. Since I've had lots of those kind of thoughts recently, especially with the overlap between my different classes, I'll be able to keep that information in a permanent and unlimited store so I don't overwrite or forget any of it accidentally.
Listening to The National, especially Exile/Vilify
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