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WarholJagger

They call it the social revolution. Billions of people with access to a medium in which they can finally communicate their message.

But what happens when no one has anything to say?

Between our Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter, not to mention the vast sea of blogs, internet comments, and hack journalists trying to sell us their page clicks, we are overwhelmed with voices. These voices however, say so much about cliches and the mundane, that they we block them out until they form a static barrage.

We block the barrage so much we miss key ideas, key inspiration, and key interaction. In the end, the rise of the social network leaves us more isolated and uninspired then ever before.

It's time for a social network for voices that have something to say. Something creative, something inspiring, something far-fetched, something ridiculous.

It's time to eliminate the chatter and start the conversation. Add something of value, share ideas, and hear what people you respect have to say.

Business, Art, Religion, Skyscrapers, Hip Hop, Zelda. It's all fair game, as long as something new or invigorating is said about it.

Call it elitist. Call it arrogant. Call it stupid. Just don't call it moderate.

We are the immoderate collective.

Let's start the conversation.

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Can’t help but brag a bit about getting Jenna Marbles wearing our shirt! Check out Traveling Stories’ newest presence in social media: the ReadingIsSexyShirt tumblr!!

readingissexyshirt:

Reading is Sexy on Jenna Marbles!


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brandonmiq:

so i haven’t been posting any additional thoughts on new zealand lately, and that’s largely due to a) i’ve been swamped with catch-up work at my job and b) i’ve been hustling to get this video finished.  

if you want to know what new zealand looks like, i really do think this video does a good job of capturing how quickly the scenery changes, and how gorgeous it really is out there.

new zealand made me feel like a kid again.  and that’s a feeling i’m always trying to get back to again.


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Beautiful

On Committing it to Memory

I know the answer to 7x8 because I once spent many hours committing times tables to memory. On any given day, at any given time, I can multiply, subtract, divide and compute basic numbers and am perfectly comfortable when others do the same. It’s engrained into my working concept of reality.

In our society, knowing basic mathematics is a given. Memorization of computer keyboards is fairly standard as well. Memorizing pop songs, hollywood marriages, and the slugging percentage of Babe Ruth in 1925 are quite common practices. And in no way am I blown away when someone can speak two languages.

Committing something to memory means that that particular part of life is lived unconsciously—-I don’t have to think to sing along to Gangsta’s Paradise or stand dumbstruck when someone wants change for a 20. For the most part, committing something to memory means it forever changes your perspective on the world because it becomes a part of you, indistinct of the self.

The interesting thing to me about all of this is that while over 50% of Americans are professed Christians, and I say this without have carefully studied the facts, but very few Christians I know choose to spend time memorizing the bible. I have memorized more passages from The Prophet, Shakespeare, Catcher in the Rye, and 1984 than I ever have from the bible. I know parts of our presidents’ speeches, the Declaration of Independence, and the poetry of Robert Frost. I am better served in conversation spitting rebuttals carved from Kid Cudi than Jesus Christ.

Today I committed almost a full chapter of The Prophet to memory. I sat down, read it, re read it, shared it with Meghan, posted it to Facebook, and thought on it when speaking in conversation. I am rarely excited to do that when I read a verse from Acts, nor am I altogether impressed when someone shapes a conversation from their knowledge of Revelation.

As a Christian, I am sure I would be better served to commit the bible to memory. Is it that we as a people group know, subconsciously, that memorizing things changes your life? Is it just not applicable enough to conversation and the daily grind? Why do I put all my effort to memorize the founding principals of Patagonia than the founding principals (ie the Creed) of the church?