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03/24/2003 Archived Entry: "Escapism"

There are many things I escape to...talk radio, That 70s Show, time with Jen, the UserFriendly board, this. I keep thinking that I wish I had more time, or that I'd spent more time doing things that would last a long time or improve myself. It's that 'climbing mountains' guy-thing, where every man is expected in some way to do something that Leaves A Mark In The World.

In some ways that's really sick. Rather than concentrate on just being good, we concentrate on either doing something external to ourselves or on being 'someone'. I think of the most powerful people in the world and can't help but feel a smidgen of pity. They all fought their way to the top for nothing or to fulfill a power-rush.

I can't see that George W. Bush became President of the US or that Bill Gates built Microsoft and became the richest man in the world to make the world a better place. And I don't think it either case it was greed for power or money that brought them to the place that they are. They seek immortality for their own selfish reasons.

They may be 'rich men', but they are poor 'men'.

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