Comments on: I’m quitting facebook, Part I http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/ Gens Una Sumus Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Monkey http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-11720 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:11:45 +0000 http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-11720 Child, my friend. Let's end the intellectual snobbery so characteristic of the institution you now attend, and so much of an anathema to the institution we both once attended (well, not really - but let's just make a leap of faith for our dear old alma mater). Facebook wants you. Your erstwhile facebook friends want you. I want you (no no - don't get me wrong). If I ever get time off my 17-hour workdays, I will actually make the effort to read through your bombastic little explanation for quitting facebook, and refute it word for word. But that's not happening anytime soon, for I was just informed yesterday that I'm currently making about 0.5% of my expected earnings for the year. Ah well. Take care, and do well. All the very best, Your little primate friend Child, my friend. Let’s end the intellectual snobbery so characteristic of the institution you now attend, and so much of an anathema to the institution we both once attended (well, not really - but let’s just make a leap of faith for our dear old alma mater).

Facebook wants you. Your erstwhile facebook friends want you. I want you (no no - don’t get me wrong).

If I ever get time off my 17-hour workdays, I will actually make the effort to read through your bombastic little explanation for quitting facebook, and refute it word for word. But that’s not happening anytime soon, for I was just informed yesterday that I’m currently making about 0.5% of my expected earnings for the year. Ah well.

Take care, and do well.

All the very best,
Your little primate friend

]]> by: Scott Charles Caplan http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-3782 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:47:48 +0000 http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-3782 Indeed this is not a self-indulgent email. Even though it was emailed to me, it's on the web. This conversation is on the web, and if somebody out there searches Google for info on how they can fight poverty, this page, and your comment, will be somewhere in the results (on the gazillionth page, but still...). Anyway, I wrote you in a quick personal email that this is not a moral crusade. You're right that the actual question is only one of degree, and maybe I should consider prioritizing my goals along what matters more (i.e., fighting poverty over fighting for open standards). Process is what matters to me. http://blog.scottcaplan.com/dont-click-me#politics. And process, whether in the form of voting rights or interoperable standards-based apps and software, changes the world. The world's flattening may exacerbate inequality, it may lift parts of the world out of poverty. It may do both at the same time. I don't know. But I do know that I like the idea of the world where information that people want to be shared is shared, searched, and discussed, and I think that world will lead to more just outcomes. And since process appeals to me more than fighting poverty (which is not to say I don't care about fighting poverty), I'll probably be better at it. Now, speaking of appeal, I must admit that I was disappointed to discover that this "hot babe" was Pamela Anderson. You should be disappointed by the following google search too: http://tinyurl.com/38ng8k. The first result shows how principled the Canadian is on her no-leather position. And while both messengers might not be the best, this op-ed is interesting: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2597. Indeed this is not a self-indulgent email. Even though it was emailed to me, it’s on the web. This conversation is on the web, and if somebody out there searches Google for info on how they can fight poverty, this page, and your comment, will be somewhere in the results (on the gazillionth page, but still…).

Anyway, I wrote you in a quick personal email that this is not a moral crusade. You’re right that the actual question is only one of degree, and maybe I should consider prioritizing my goals along what matters more (i.e., fighting poverty over fighting for open standards).

Process is what matters to me. http://blog.scottcaplan.com/dont-click-me#politics. And process, whether in the form of voting rights or interoperable standards-based apps and software, changes the world. The world’s flattening may exacerbate inequality, it may lift parts of the world out of poverty. It may do both at the same time. I don’t know. But I do know that I like the idea of the world where information that people want to be shared is shared, searched, and discussed, and I think that world will lead to more just outcomes. And since process appeals to me more than fighting poverty (which is not to say I don’t care about fighting poverty), I’ll probably be better at it.

Now, speaking of appeal, I must admit that I was disappointed to discover that this “hot babe” was Pamela Anderson. You should be disappointed by the following google search too: http://tinyurl.com/38ng8k. The first result shows how principled the Canadian is on her no-leather position. And while both messengers might not be the best, this op-ed is interesting: http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2597.

]]> by: Lior http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-3288 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:07:21 +0000 http://blog.scottcaplan.com/2007/08/07/im-quitting-facebook-part-i/#comment-3288 Hi Scott, Finally got down to reading your reasoning (and no, this is not one of those self-indulgent emails whereby someone begins his address to his friend, by giving some most uninteresting piece of information about why they are reading what they are reading, like the "I was just doing...blabla....and suddenly I stumbled upon your ... blablabla"-shit, no this, of course:), is different, read on). I fully agree with it and I admire the unity of thought and action. Thinking that such information should not be walled off, would not immediately imply that you have to quit facebook though. The best part of facebook is just its ease of use, and the time it would take me to figure out an alternative I could be saving dying kids in poor countries. It allows me to socialize with minimal time. If you develop an easy to use alternative, I'll be the first to join (well, maybe not really the first, but you get the message). This is where my 'finally' got down to reading kicks in. With so much to do in just a lifetime, life is full of trade-offs. Therefore, quitting facebook means either losing time and socializing as much, or having the same amount of time and not socializing as much. Since I, and presumably others, attach quite some importance to socializing (is probably an innate biological need for anyone with a functioning right part of the brain), that would prime. Now, in the time left, I like to put my conscience at rest, as that makes me feel better. For me, putting my conscience at rest, implies all this left leaning crap. Therefore, in the trade-offs, I prefer to save dying children and animals (or improve my knowledge of these matters, in order to afterwards do that more effectively), then to worry about my social networking being cordoned off by private business. Of course, everyone has his or her own important goals, and its great that you like to put action behind your theoretical goals. Shkoach! Anyway, given that you like to act in unison with your convictions, watch the following clip. http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=skin-trade-ili&Player=wm, (there's even a hot babe in there, or maybe, even though there's a babe in there), and do whatever you deem right. Hasta luego amigo! Hi Scott,
Finally got down to reading your reasoning (and no, this is not one of those self-indulgent emails whereby someone begins his address to his friend, by giving some most uninteresting piece of information about why they are reading what they are reading, like the “I was just doing…blabla….and suddenly I stumbled upon your … blablabla”-shit, no this, of course:), is different, read on). I fully agree with it and I admire the unity of thought and action. Thinking that such information should not be walled off, would not immediately imply that you have to quit facebook though. The best part of facebook is just its ease of use, and the time it would take me to figure out an alternative I could be saving dying kids in poor countries. It allows me to socialize with minimal time. If you develop an easy to use alternative, I’ll be the first to join (well, maybe not really the first, but you get the message).
This is where my ‘finally’ got down to reading kicks in. With so much to do in just a lifetime, life is full of trade-offs. Therefore, quitting facebook means either losing time and socializing as much, or having the same amount of time and not socializing as much. Since I, and presumably others, attach quite some importance to socializing (is probably an innate biological need for anyone with a functioning right part of the brain), that would prime. Now, in the time left, I like to put my conscience at rest, as that makes me feel better. For me, putting my conscience at rest, implies all this left leaning crap.
Therefore, in the trade-offs, I prefer to save dying children and animals (or improve my knowledge of these matters, in order to afterwards do that more effectively), then to worry about my social networking being cordoned off by private business. Of course, everyone has his or her own important goals, and its great that you like to put action behind your theoretical goals. Shkoach!
Anyway, given that you like to act in unison with your convictions, watch the following clip. http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=skin-trade-ili&Player=wm, (there’s even a hot babe in there, or maybe, even though there’s a babe in there), and do whatever you deem right. Hasta luego amigo!

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